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2023 WITA Academy Virtual Intensive Trade Seminar

Friday, September 29, 2023 at 9:00 AM - Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:00 PM (EST)
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WITA Member: $300

WITA Member (Government): $200

Full Time University/Student : $200

Non-Member: $400

Individual bundles available: $50-100/part (Must be a WITA Member)

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

To get WITA member pricing, click here.

Format and Dates:

Over three days, speakers help attendees increase their professional knowledge by learning the nuts and bolts of trade policy directly from career trade policy professionals from across government, industry, and law.

Each part will highlight a different aspect of U.S. and international trade law and policy.

The 2023 Intensive Trade Seminar will be held virtually on Zoom

  • Friday, September 29th, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (US/Eastern)
  • Friday, September 29th, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (US/Eastern)
  • Monday, October 2nd, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (US/Eastern)
  • Tuesday, October 3rd, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM (US/Eastern)

Final 2023 Curriculum and Faculty

Part 1: Friday, September 29

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Role of the U.S. Congress and Government Agencies

9:00 AM ET: The Congressional Role in Trade Policymaking

Nasim Fussell, Senior Vice President, Lot Sixteen; former Chief International Trade Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

David Skillman, Managing Director, Arnold & Porter; former Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, former Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means

Moderator: Paul H. DeLaney, III, Partner, Kyle House Group; former Vice President, Trade and International, Business Roundtable; former International Trade Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance; former Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

10:00 AM ET: Trade Responsibilities in the Executive Branch and the Interagency Process

Douglas M. Bell, Global Trade Policy Leader, Ernst & Young; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Kelly Ann Shaw, Partner, Hogan Lovells; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council

Moderator: Michael J. Smart, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; former Director for International Trade and Investment, National Security Council, The White House; Executive Circle Member, Institute for International Economic Policy, GWU

11:00 AM ET: International Trade Administration and the Department of Commerce

Tricia Van Orden, Director of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee Secretariat for the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

11:30 AM ET: U.S. International Trade Commission – Investigations and Analysis

Catherine DeFilippo, Director of Operations, United States International Trade Commission; former Economist, U.S. International Trade Commission

Moderator: Henry Almond, Partner, Arnold & Porter; former International Trade Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce


Part 2: Friday, September 29

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Trade Law, Enforcement, and Dispute Settlement

1:00 PM ET: AD/CVD/Safeguards

Stacy J. Ettinger, Partner, K&L Gates; former Senior Legal and Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; former Associate Chief Counsel, Import Administration

Vanessa Sciarra, Vice President for Trade and International Competitiveness, American Clean Power Association; former Vice President, Legal Affairs and Trade & Investment Policy, National Foreign Trade Council

Moderator: Nova J. Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security & Policy, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; former Director for International Trade, National Security Council, The White House

2:00 PM ET: USTR Role in Monitoring and Enforcement

Juan A. Millán, Deputy General Counsel for Monitoring and Enforcement; former Senior Legal Advisor, U.S. Mission to the WTO

Moderator: Thomas Beline, Partner, Cassidy Levy Kent; former Office of the Chief Counsel for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce

3:00 PM ET: USMCA and the Rapid Response Mechanism

Josh Kagan, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Deputy Director, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB

Lewis Karesh, former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Thea Mei Lee, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor/ILAB; former Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy Director, and Chief International Economist, AFL-CIO

Moderator: Nicole Bivens Collinson, Managing Principal, Operating Committee, and International Trade and Government Relations Practice Leader, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

Slides - AD_CVD.pptx


Part 3: Monday, October 2

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Investment, Sanctions, and International Tax

9:00 AM ET: Investment Controls

Daniel Bahar, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Services and Investment, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Laura Black, Senior Counsel, Akin; former Director of Policy and International Relations, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Office of Investment Security, U.S. Department of Treasury

Moderator: Jeannette Chu, Vice President for National Security Policy, National Foreign Trade Council; former Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce; Senior Export Control Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Beijing

10:00 AM ET: Export Controls and Sanctions

Jason Prince, Partner, Crowell & Moring; former Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), U.S. Department of Treasury

Robert Slack, Partner, Trade and National Security, Fenwick & West LLP; former Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Moderator: Neena Shenai, Senior Legal Director & Chief Counsel for Global Trade, Medtronic, and Nonresident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; former Trade Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means; and former Senior Adviser, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

11:00 AM ET: International Tax and Trade

Catherine Schultz, Vice President, Tax and Fiscal Policy, Business Roundtable; former Vice President for Tax Policy, National Foreign Trade Council

Bob Stack, Managing Director, Washington National Tax, International Tax Group, Deloitte Tax LLP; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury

Moderator: Ken Ash, Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Trade (Adelaide); former OECD Director of Trade and Agriculture

WITA Intensive Trade Seminar OUTBOUND INVESTMENT 10022023 (1).pptx


Part 4: Tuesday, October 3

9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

U.S. and Global Trade Policy Update

9:00 AM ET: WTO Agenda

Angela Ellard, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization

Moderator: Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Walmart Stores, Inc

10:00 AM ET: U.S. Engagement in Asia

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 

Clete Willems, Partner, Akin and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director, The White House; former Chief Counsel for Negotiations, Legislation, and Administrative Law, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Moderator: Barbara Stallings, IIEP Distinguished Visiting Scholar, William R. Rhodes Research Professor, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University  

10:45 AM ET: Inclusive Trade & Development

Nicole Bivens Collinson, Managing Principal, Operating Committee, and International Trade and Government Relations Practice Leader, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

Katrin Kuhlmann, Visiting Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown Law; Member, Trade Advisory Committee on Africa, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Moderator: James Foster, Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, George Washington University; Research Associate, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Oxford University 

11:30 AM ET: FTAs, Executive Agreements and U.S. Trade Policy

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

Everett Eissenstat, Partner, Public Policy Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, The White House; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Chief International Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee

Moderator: Michael J. Smart, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; former Director for International Trade and Investment, National Security Council, The White House; Executive Circle Member, Institute for International Economic Policy, GWU


WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

The four-part Intensive Trade Seminar, cohosted by the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University, is geared towards individuals who want to learn how trade policy is made in Washington, DC. Past attendees include those in business, law, academia, NGOs, embassies and the U.S. Government.

Participants gain insight from trade professionals, pose questions to policy makers, and learn about the ever-shifting trade landscape. Attendees come away with an understanding of the trade policy-making process, the role of its key players, and the important issues facing policy makers.

The curriculum is focused on helping attendees broaden their understanding of trade policy making, those seeking a career in trade policy, others new to the trade policy field, and anyone serving the import/export community.

We also encourage the international community working on economic and trade issues, and others who want to learn more about international trade, to participate in this program. 

If you cannot view every session at the time it is originally offered, most sessions* will also be available off-line to paying attendees (access code will be required).

To keep the dialogue open and candid, the Intensive Trade Seminar is OFF THE RECORD and is not open to the press.


WITA has a two-day cancellation policy for this event

* Most sessions will be available to paying attendees to watch at a later time. However, certain sessions may not be recorded to facilitate more open discussion.

** If your agency or business does not use Zoom, we can work with you to make content available on an accessible platform for later viewing. All Diamond Sponsors will receive one free pass to attend the Intensive Trade Seminar.


Thank you to our WITA Academy Sponsors