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Join us for a free public lecture by Dr Gabriele Suder, Director of the International CEO Forum and expert at the OECD (Services Competitiveness), the EU, JETRO and for the Australian Government (Commonwealth and State level).

A large number of corporations had already taken to prepare for a hard Brexit for some Time, and are now adjusted to the scenario at hand. The persisting confusion from (and, one may argue, of) the UK government regarding the British objectives of Brexit, has installed too great an uncertainty for firms not to act or react. Because uncertainty is the first enemy of business performance, especially firms that have their foreign multinational (regional) headquarters located in the UK yet cover parts or all of the EU are exposed to major risks through a hard Brexit: from market access conditions to the remaining EU (and potentially also non-EU Europe) to regional supply chains modifications and increased transaction costs. These firms and their SME (small and medium-sized enterprises and suppliers) eco-system produce, trade and deliver various intermediary parts of their product or service across several countries: they are highly exposed to increasing costs, rising backlogs, funding and warehousing needs that might change cross-border trade or investment conditions.

We’ll discuss the impact that Brexit has already had and is expected to have on non-UK international business activity.

When: Friday, 22 March, 12.30-2pm

Where: RMIT Building 80, Level 11, Room 10, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne.

RSVP: https://suder-brexit.eventbrite.com.au

Light refreshments will be served.

Free event.

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