This session will discuss the EU Green Deal and the impact on EU trade relations with the rest of the world. Special focus will be on how exporters in low- and middle-income countries may be affected by the climate-related EU’s Green Deal legislation. 

Moderator: Robert Watt, Engagement Director at Stockholm Environment Institute

Participants: 

• Maria Selin, Head of Regional Development Cooperation MENA, SIDA
• Jesper Kansbod, Head of Governmental Relations, SSAB 
• Erik Merkus, Sustainable Trade Policy Adviser, National Board of Trade Sweden 
• Chantal Line Carpentier, Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development, UNCTAD