• 01/10/24 00:00:00
• CIECI 2024

CONTEXT OF CIECI 2024

Globalization has experienced a significant surge as countries dismantle trade barriers and promote trade and investment facilitation, fostering robust international trade and investment flows over recent decades. While this has propelled global economic growth, it has also precipitated environmental degradation, spanning air, soil, and water pollution, alongside biodiversity loss. Notably, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reports that 20% - 30% of global carbon emissions stem from the production and transportation of import and export goods, exacerbating climate change.

In response, numerous nations have acknowledged the imperative of implementing green policies, integrating environmental objectives in economic policymaking. The European Union (EU) has notably endeavored to harmonize trade policies with environmental ambition, while the US administration has pledged to rejoin the WTO and revive multilateral environmental diplomacy. Some developed nations have proactively relocated supply chains overseas to mitigate carbon footprints and to lower labor and global sourcing costs resulting from globalization. In contrast, still, some developing countries have exhibited passiveness towards embracing green policies, often due to familiarity with lax environmental regulations and insufficient resources to pursue sustainability initiatives and goals.

PURPOSES OF CIECI 2024

To create and develop an academic environment, sharing experiences, new ideas, and scientific research results on experiences in implementing green trade and investment, the University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-UEB), in collaboration with Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom - in Vietnam (FNF), University of Adelaide (Australia),  Confab 360 Degree (India), Rangsit University (Thailand), Foreign Trade University (Vietnam), University of Economics and Law – VNU HCMC (Vietnam)  organize a conference entitled “Green Policies and Practices: Catalyst or Pressure for Trade and Investment” on November 22nd, 2024, in Hanoi. The conference is the 12th in the series of annual Conferences on International Economic Cooperation and Integration (CIECI), initiated in 2013 by the VNU-UEB. The Conference focused on discussing the following topics:

• Theoretical basis for green standards, regulations, and policies in trade and investment 
• Global context on integrating green policies and practices with global trade and investment
• Current status of greening-related trade and investment in the world
• Suggestions for countries and businesses to promote trade and foreign direct investment to meet the green standards and policies 
• Other issues

DATE AND VENUE

• Full paper submission: August 10th, 2024

KEY TOPICS

• ​Theories related to green growth, green transformation, and green standards; regulations; policies: concepts, requirements, content, and influencing factors.
• The relationship between green standards; regulations; policies and international economic integration activities, focusing on international trade, foreign direct investment, financial system and operations of multinational companies.

​Global context on integrating green policies and practices with global trade and investment

• Drivers of the integration of green policies and practices with international trade and investment 
• New trends in environmental regulations and agreements related to trade and investment in multilateral and bilateral trade agreements
• Green trade and green investment policies of countries around the world
• Green standards of businesses and organizations related to  trade and investment

Current status of greening–related trade and investment in the world

• Responses of countries and adaption of businesses to green standards and policies in trade and investment.
• Corporate social responsibilities in implementing trade and investment in association with environmental and sustainable development goals.
• Experiences in implementing green trade and green investment in developed and developing countries.
• Impacts of international trade and investment on the environment.
• Opportunities and challenges for countries and businesses in implementing green standards; policies in trade and investment.
• Assessment of the impacts of implementing green trade and investment policies on the environment, international economic integration, and economic growth.
• Measures to monitor the impacts of trade and investment on the environment.

Suggestions for countries and businesses to promote  trade and foreign direct investment to meet the green standards and policies  

• International cooperation in implementing green trade and investment: cooperation mechanisms, cooperation approaches, opportunities and challenges.
• Government incentives for businesses in implementing green policies in trade and investment.

Other issues: green supply chain, green finance, green economy, circular economy, voluntary measures, economic instruments for environmental protection, environmental education, environmentally induced industrial migration, sustainable consumption and trade, trade in environmental goods and services, global minimum tax etc.

We welcome you to participate and contribute papers to CIECI 2024. The papers must be in English, with a length of 5000 - 7000 words including references. The accepted papers will be published in ISBN Proceedings, and the selected papers will be considered for publishing in journals of co-organizing universities and organizations, or a SCOPUS book. 

 

CONTACT 

If there is any inquiry regarding the Conference, please contact email: CIECI_UEB@vnu.edu.vn or
PhD. Pham Hoang Linh
Faculty of International Business and Economics
Tel: + 84 - 4 - 3754 7606 (ext: 407)       Mobile: (+84) 904900396          Email:  phamhoanglinh@vnu.edu.vn

MSc. Tran Huong Linh
Faculty of International Business and Economics
Tel: + 84 - 4 - 3754 7606 (ext: 407)       Mobile: (+84) 346714268          Email: tranhuonglinh@vnu.edu.vn