2019 Intensive Trade Seminar (September 24-25, 2019)

2019 Intensive Trade Seminar Schedule

Schedule Subject to Change/Additional Speakers TBA

DAY ONE – Tuesday, September 24th

8:00: Registration, Check in, Packet pickup. Light breakfast/coffee.

8:15: Program Opening and Introductions

8:30: Seminar I: The Congressional Role in Trade Policymaking

• Angela Ellard, Republican Chief Trade Counsel and TradeSubcommittee Staff Director, House Ways & Means Committee

9:30: Seminar II: Trade Responsibilities in the Executive Branch and the Interagency Process

• Doug Bell, Ernst & Young – former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Trade and Investment

10:30: Break

10:45: Seminar III: Trade Promotion & Coordination

• Pat Kirwan, Director, Trade Policy Coordination Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Luke Lindberg, Senior Vice President, Export Import Bank of the United States

Kirwan’s Presentation::

Lindberg’s Presentation:

11:45: Networking Lunch 

12:45: Seminar IV: U.S. Trade Law & Remedies: AD/CVD/Safeguards

• Stephen Claeys, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP; Former Trade Counsel, U.S. House Ways & Means Committee; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade Administration
• Stacy J. Ettinger, Partner, K&L Gates; Former Senior Legal and Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; Former Associate Chief Counsel for Import Administration

Claeys and Ettinger’s Presentation:

2:00: Seminar V: Unilateral Trade Tools – Sections 301, 232 and IEEPA

• Paul Piquado, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance
• Brad Ward, King & Spalding, former Deputy General Counsel at USTR, and Assistant USTR for Monitoring & Enforcement

3:00: Break

3:15: Seminar VI: Update on U.S. China Trade

• Jake Parker, Vice President, China Operations, U.S. China Business Council
• Timothy Keeler, Partner, Mayer Brown, LLP, former Chief of Staff, Office of the United States Trade Representative

4:30: Day 1 Close

DAY TWO – Wednesday, September 25th 

8:45: Registration desk opens. Light breakfast/coffee

9:00: Seminar VII: Trade & Economic Development

• Katrin Kuhlmann, President & Founder, New Markets Lab; Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Nicole Bivens Collinson, President, International Trade & Government Affairs, Sandler Travis & Rosenberg P.A.

Kuhlmann’s Presentation:

10:00: Seminar VIII: Sanctions

• Barbara Linney, Partner, BakerHostetler; Adjunct Professor of Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Georgetown University Law Center
• Peter Harrell, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics and Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Presentations:

11:00: Break

11:15: Seminar IX: Foreign Investment and Export Controls

• Nova Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security & Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Clay Lowery, Executive Vice President of Research and Policy, Institute of International Finance; former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury

12:15: Working Lunch

12:30: Seminar X: Working Lunch: Update on the WTO

• Andrew Shoyer, Sidley & Austin – former Legal Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the WTO, and Assistant General Counsel at USTR
• Steve Charnovitz, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

1:30: Break

1:45:  Seminar XII: Digital Trade – Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Policy Makers

• Robb Tanner, Director for ICT Services and Digital Trade, Office of the United States Trade Representative
• Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution

Tanner’s Presentation:

Meltzer’s Presentation:

2:45: Seminar XI: Current U.S. Trade Negotiations

• Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute – former Deputy USTR (acting)
• Dan Mullaney, Assistant USTR for Europe and the Middle East

3:45: Awarding of Certificates and Program Closure