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WITA Academy Mini Virtual Intensive Trade Seminar: Tariffs!

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM (EST)
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Prices and Registration:

WITA Member: $100

Non-WITA Member: $200

Free for Embassy, Ministry, and Government Officials from All Countries

(Must register with official government email)

Free for Full Time Students (Must register with university emails)

For group rates (3 or more ticket purchases), email Diego Añez (danez@wita.org) to receive a special rate.


Program Agenda and Speakers

9:00 AM ET: Making the Case: Tariffs and the Economic Impacts

Nova Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP; former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Investment Security & Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Affairs

Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets, Progressive Policy Institute; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Christine McDaniel, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Non-resident Fellow, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; former Senior International Trade Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, The White House

Michael Stumo, CEO, Coalition for a Prosperous America

Moderator: David Lynch, Global Economics Correspondent, The Washington Post

9:50 AM ET: Tariff and Trade Law Primer: The Legal Basis for Tariffs and Oversight

Kathleen Claussen, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; former Associate General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Timothy Keeler, Partner, Co-Leader of International Trade, Mayer Brown; former Chief of Staff, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Legislative Affairs

Sally Laing, Partner, Akin; former Chief International Trade Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance

10:40 AM ET: Global Responses: Negotiation, Retaliation, Multilateral Trade

Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, D.C. Office; former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Non-resident fellow, Bruegel; former Director, Directorate for Trade at the European Commission

Steve Verheul, Principal, GT&Co Executive Advisors; former Special Advisor, Trade Policy, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Finance

Moderator: Kate Kalutkiewicz, Senior Managing Director, McLarty Associates; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Trade, National Economic Council; former Director for European Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

11:30 AM ET: Sectoral Impacts: What it May Mean for Farmers, Consumers and Firms

Edward Balistreri, Duane Acklie Chair and Professor of Economics, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Edward Brzytwa, Vice President of International Trade, Consumer Technology Association

Kevin Dempsey, President and CEO, American Iron and Steel Institute

Stacy Ettinger, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Trade, Solar Energy Industries Association

 

Additional Speakers to be Announced…


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