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AGENDA

Monday, Feb 8

1:00 PM: US-China Relations 

• Moderator: Wendy Cutler,President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute, former acting Deputy USTR
• Aaron L. Friedberg,Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Ambassador Kurt Tong,Partner, the Asia Group, and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
• Susan Shirk,Chair, 21st Century China Center and Research Professor, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

2:00 PM ET: Trade & Environmental Sustainability 

• Moderator: Ambassador Robert Holleyman,Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP and President & CEO, C&M International; former Deputy United States Trade Representative
• Ambassador Vangelis Vitalis,New Zealand Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Madelaine Tuininga,European Commission, DG Trade Head of Unit for Sustainable Development and the European Green Deal
• Himamauli Das,Senior Managing Director, K2 Integrity, and former Senior Director for International Trade and Investment, National Security Council

3:00 PM: Finding a Way Forward on Digital Trade 

• Moderator: Arrow Augerot,Director, Americas Public Policy, Amazon
• Peter Swire,Holder Chair of of Law and Ethics, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business; Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird, LLP
• Jason Oxman,President & CEO, Information Technology Industry Council
• Sahra English,Vice President, Public Policy, Mastercard

4:00 PM: Ambassadors Trade Roundtable

• Moderator: Ambassador Susan Schwab,Strategic Advisor, Mayer Brown LLP Professor Emerita, University of Maryland
• Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis,EU Ambassador to the United States of America
• Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos,Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America
• Ambassador Nestor Forster,Brazil’s Ambassador to the United States of America
• Dame Karen Pierce DCMG,British Ambassador to the United States of America

5:00 PM: Day One Conference Close

Tuesday, Feb 9

9:00 AM: Revitalization and Reform of the WTO with WTO Deputy Director General Ambassador Alan Wm. Wolff

• Featured Remarks by Ambassador Alan Wm. Wolff,Deputy Director General of the WTO, and Co-Acting Director General
• Discussion with:
  • Kenneth Levinson,Executive Director, Washington International Trade Association
  • Terence Stewart,former Managing Partner, Law Offices of Stewart and Stewart, and author of the blog, Current Thoughts on Trade

9:30 AM-10:15 AM: Discussion: Revitalization and Reform of the WTO 

• Ambassador Rufus Yerxa,President of the National Foreign Trade Council and former Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization
• Simon Evenett,Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and MBA Director, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Jennifer Hillman,Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Hiddo Houben,Deputy Permanent Representative, EU Mission to the WTO
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10:15 AM: What does a Neo-Progressive Trade Agenda look like? 

• Moderator: Catherine Novelli,President, Listening for America, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
• Beth Baltzan,Founder, American Phoenix Trade Advisory Service and formerly with USTR and the House Ways & Means Committee
• Catherine Feingold,Director, AFL-CIO International Department
• Katrin Kuhlmann,President and Founder, New Markets Lab, and Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Kimberley Botwright,Community Lead, Global Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum

11:15 AM: Closing Keynote and Discussion: Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal

• Rep. Richard Neal,Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee
• Discussion with Steve Lamar,President and CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, and President of the Board, Washington International Trade Association

12:00 PM: Conference Close