Programme: 16 October 2025

08.00–09.00 Registration and coffee

09.00–09.10 Welcome address
Sofie Roy, Senior Executive Vice President of the Stockholm School of Economics
Anders Ahnlid, Director-General at the National Board of Trade Sweden

09.10–09.20 The need for evidence-based trade policy
Benjamin Dousa, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (to be confirmed)

09.20–10.00 Research keynote address: Navigating international trade in a new era
Pol Antràs, Professor of Economics Harvard University

10.00–10.40 Policy keynote address: Creating a rule-based trading system for a new era
Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, former minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain

10.40-11.00 Coffee break

11.00–12.10 Lessons from history – trade wars and protection
Kevin O´Rourke, Professor of Economics, Science Po Paris
Edouard Bourcieu, Chief Economist, Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Iana Dreyer, founder and editor of Borderlex

12.10–13.30 Lunch

13.30–14.40 Turning Europe into an economic powerhouse – the trade policy foundation
Holger Görg, Professor of International Economics at Kiel University
Eva Sjögren, Director-General for EU Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office, Sweden

14.40–15.10 Coffee break

15.10–16.20 Economic statecraft for a new age
Vinod K. Aggarwal, Professor Political Science at University of California, Berkeley
Additional speakers to be confirmed

16.20–16.30 Concluding remarks
Patrik Ström, Director at the Center for Asian Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics

16.30–17.30 Reception with refreshments for speakers and participants at the Stockholm School of Economics