PRELIMINARY PROGRAM * (Presentations will be in English or Spanish -Translation will be provided) 

* USMCA/T-MEC/CUSMA Trade protectionism, regional integration and labor disparities in the North American automotive industry 

 November 8, 2019 Mexico City 

8:30 – 9:00 am. Registration

9:00 – 9:30 am. Opening session Chair: FLACSO/APRC/CRIMT/COLEF/COLSON

9:30 – 11:15 am. Session I: Trade NAFTA 25 years later: The impact for countries and social actors? Chair: Oscar Contreras, Colef • Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank-Chicago Branch (confirmed) • John Holmes, ARPC, Ontario (confirmed) • Dr. Eduardo Solis, Presidente AMIA (por confirmar) Questions and answers

11:15 – 11:30 am. Coffee break

11:30 – 1:15 pm. Session II: Technology Trends Industry 4.0: Disruption or Opportunity? Chair: Olaf de Groot, Chief of the International Trade and Industry Unit, ECLAC (confirmed) • Susan Helper, Western Case University, USA (confirmed) • Greig Mordue and Jeff Carey, McMaster University, Canada (confirmed) • Christian Levesque, HEC-Montreal • Jorge Carrillo, COLEF, Tijuana (confirmed) Questions and answers

1:15 – 2:15 pm. Lunch

2:15 – 4:00 pm. Session III: Labour What´s the future for labour? Chair: Christian Levesque, HEC-Montreal • Ma. Luisa Alcalde, Secretaria del Trabajo, México ( to confirm) • Bill Murnighan, UNIFOR (Charlotte/Jeff to contact) • Graciela Bensusan, UAM-Flacso, Mexico (confirmed) Questions and answers 

4:00 – 5:45 pm. Session IV: Policy Implications Disruption, experimentation and re-regulation in the North American automotive industry Chair: Clemente Ruiz, IIE-UNAM (confirmed) • Graciela Márquez Colín, Secretaria de Economía, México (to confirm) • Charlotte Yates, ARPC, Ontario (confirmed) • Alex Covarrubias, COLSON-ITIAM (confirmed) Questions and answers

5:45 – 6:00 pm. Concluding remarks Chairs: Charlotte Yates & Graciela Bensusán (confirmed)