Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Courtney Fingar (Foreign Direct Investment Editor at New Statesman Media Group), Ms Laura Bannister (Senior Advisor at Trade Justice Movement), and Dr James X Zhan (Director of the Investment and Enterprise Division at UN Conference on Trade and Development)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Mike Hawes (Chief Executive at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders), Philip Law (Director General at British Plastics Federation), and Mr Paul Alger MBE (International Business Director at UK Fashion and Textile Association)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Alan Wolff (Deputy Director-General at World Trade Organisation), and Peter Ungphakorn (former Senior Information Officer at World Trade Organisation)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Soumaya Keynes (Trade and Globalisation Editor at The Economist Magazine), Professor Simon J. Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at University of St. Gallen), and Marianne Petsinger (Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme at Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Miles Celic (Chief Executive Officer at TheCityUK), John Drummond (Head of Trade in Services at Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), and Vivienne Stern (Director at Universitites UK International)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Carlos López-Gómez (Head of Policy Links at Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University), Stephen Phipson CBE (Chief Executive at Make UK), and Elizabeth De Jong (Director of Policy at Freight Transport Association)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Ian Wright (Chief Executive at Food and Drink Federation), and Andrew Opie (Director of Food and Sustainability at British Retail Consortium)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Professor Bob Doherty (Professor of Marketing and Chair in Agri-food at University of York), and Professor Fiona Smith (Professor of International Economic Law and N8 Chair in Agri-Food at University of Leeds)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Peter Ellingworth (Chief Executive at Association of British HealthTech Industries), and Mark Roscrow CBE (Chair at Health Care Supplies Association)

Inquiry The COVID-19 pandemic and international trade

Witnesses Dr Samuel Roscoe (Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at University of Sussex), and Dr Richard Torbett (Chief Executive at Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry)