GDP Center Hosts Virtual China-West Dialogue

This past Friday, Colin Bradford and Ambassador Jorge Heine convened a virtual Global Development Policy Center workshop of the China-West Dialogue to discuss the future of global governance in the context of Covid-19 and other challenges, such as climate change. The virtual workshop was well attended and featured a keynote introduction by The Right Honourable Paul Martin. Paul Martin called on the #G20 to tackle climate change and the pandemic, noting that now is not the time to forsake multilateralism.

Attendees of the virtual workshop participated in four panels focused on the current global health and economic crisis; mixed economy pluralism and new political dynamics; towards a 21^st century global order; and a wrap up panel on next steps. The participants of the workshop included 19 experts:

*Alan Alexandroff (Canada), Erik Balsbaugh (US), Sergio Bitar (Chile), *Colin Bradford (US), Kerry Brown (UK),  Kevin Gallagher (US), *Jorge Heine (Chile), Iain Johnston (US),* Johannes Linn Germany-US), Paul Martin (Canada), Sandra Polask (US), Eberhard Sandschneider (Germany), Vivien Schmidt US), Michael Swaine (US), Torrey Taussig (US), Susan Thornton (US) ,* Yves Tiberghien (Canada), *Nicolas Veron (EU),  and *Richard Wike (US).

*Founding Members of the China-West Dialogue.