Wednesday 25 January 2023 |
In Person
 Event

The Politics of Food: the view from Brussels

Our co-chairs, Peter Mandelson and Arancha González Laya were joined by senior EU policymakers, industry leaders, and the international community to discuss:

  • The impact and outlook for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy;
  • To consider the role of policy frameworks to maintain global supply chains for food;
  • The ways in which the EU model of food and farming support differ from approaches in other markets;
  • And finally, how customs regulation and practice facilitate food trade. 

Read our team's take on the programme themes and watch a webinar unpacking the outcome of our survey of consumer attitudes to food policy in much greater depth. 

You can learn more about the event and supporting content here.

This event was part of a wider global programme of GC in-person and digital events under the Politics of Food  banner. We considered sustainability, public health, trade and supply chains and the frontiers of food innovation in events in London, Washington DC, Doha and Singapore. Learn more

Speakers

Global counsel
Tom White
Europe Director
Global counsel
Tiffany McDonald
Europe Director
Global counsel
Peter Mandelson
President and Chairman of International Advisory Board
Guest speaker
Arancha González

Dean of Paris School of International Affairs and former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation

Guest speaker
Janusz Wojciechowski

EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

Guest speaker
Wolfgang Burtscher

Director-General, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Guest speaker
Julia Friederike Harnal

Vice President Public Affairs Agricultural Solutions, BASF SE

Guest speaker
Herbert Dorfmann

Member of European Parliament

Guest speaker
Aneke Schwager

Director Government Relations, Impossible Foods on the future of farming policy

Guest speaker
Edwini Kessie

Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division, the World Trade Organization

Guest speaker
John Clarke

Director for International Affairs in the European Commission's DG Agriculture

Guest speaker
Cristina Rueda Catry

Cabinet Expert for Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission on the ways in which changing food regulation can become an obstacle to food trade

Event playback

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