The Washington International Trade Conference brings together leaders in international trade from across the U.S. and around the world to explore the trade landscape and look toward the future of trade.

In Person Sessions and Luncheon to be held in the Pavilion Room at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC | 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC

Program Agenda and Speakers

Monday, February 10: All Sessions Via Zoom

(all times U.S./Eastern Time)

1:00 PM: The Trade Reporters: Update on the First 21 Days

Iana Dreyer, Founder & Editor, Borderlex

David Lynch, Global Economics Correspondent, The Washington Post

Doug Palmer, Senior Trade Reporter, Politico

Ana Swanson, Trade and International Economics Reporter, The New York Times

Moderator: Everett Eissenstat, Partner, Public Policy Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs; former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director, National Economic Council

1:45 PM: Renewing U.S. Global Leadership on Technology and Trade

Kate Kalutkiewicz, Senior Managing Director, McLarty Associates; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Trade, National Economic Council

Jason Oxman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)

Ambassador Tan Hung Seng, Permanent Representative, Singapore Mission to the WTO

Olivia Walch, CEO, Arcascope

Moderator: Jake Colvin, President, National Foreign Trade Council

2:30 PM: Hot Button China Issues – National Security, Technology and Cybersecurity

Andrew Grotto, Director, Stanford Program on Geopolitics, Technology and Governance; William J. Perry International Security Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; former Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the White House (under Presidents Obama and Trump)

Peter Harrell, Non-Resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; former Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness, National Security Council at the White House

Melanie Hart, Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council; former Senior Advisor for China and the Indo-Pacific in the Office of the Undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

Dr. James Mulvenon, Chief Intelligence Officer, Pamir Consulting

Moderator: 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

3:15 PM: USMCA Six Year Review

C.J. Mahoney, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Cloud + AI, Microsoft; former Deputy United States Trade Representative (C.J. Mahoney is joining us in his personal capacity, as the former lead U.S. official who oversaw the USMCA negotiation. Nothing he says should be construed as speaking on behalf of his current employer.)

Kenneth Smith Ramos, Partner, Agon; former Mexican Chief Negotiator for the T-MEC/USMCA, Office of the Secretariat of the Economy

Steve Verheul, Principal, GT&Co Executive Advisors; former Special Advisor, Trade Policy, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Finance; formerly Canada’s Chief Negotiator for CUSMA/USMCA

Moderator: Nasim Fussell, Senior Vice President, LotSixteen; former Chief Trade Counsel, U.S. Senate Finance Committee

4:00 PM: Reimagining Trade in a Fragmented World

Ted Alden, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, Western Washington University; author of The Future of Trade in an Era of Disruption

Arancha González, Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain; author of The Next Five Years: How strong economic and trade alliances can prepare the EU for a post-America world

Todd Tucker, Director, Industrial Policy and Trade, Roosevelt Institute; lead author of The New US Trade Agenda: Institutionalizing Middle-Out Economics in Foreign Commercial Policy

Stephen Vaughn, Partner, International Trade, King & Spalding; former General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Moderator: Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Acting Deputy United States Trade Representative

Tuesday, February 11: In-person with Livestream via Zoom

(all times U.S./Eastern Time)

9:30 AM ET: Doors open for Networking Breakfast

10:00 AM ET: Day 2 Conference Start Time

(Zoom Webinar Opens for Online Attendees)

10:05 AM ET: Welcoming Remarks

Kenneth I. Levinson, Chief Executive Officer, Washington International Trade Association

10:10 AM ET: World on the Brink

Fireside Chat with Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder & Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator; former Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), CrowdStrike Inc.; author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century

Moderator: Michael Castellano, Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

11:00 AM ET: China’s Global Reach and Regaining American Leadership in the Global South

Introduction: Jonathan Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail Federation

Ambassador Brian Nichols, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; former Ambassador to Peru and Zimbabwe

Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar, Partner, National Security Chair, Wiley Rein LLP; former Under Secretary of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Ambassador Ted Osius, President & CEO, US-ASEAN Business Council; former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam

Arun Venkataraman, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets & Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Moderator: Kellie Meiman, Senior Counselor, McLarty Associates

12:15 PM: Luncheon Keynote

Introduction: Maria Zieba, Vice President, Government Affairs, National Pork Producers Council

Senator Tim Scott, Chairman, United States Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Moderator: Arrow Augerot, Director of Americas Public Policy, Amazon

1:00 PM ET: The Art of the Deal: Trade Politics in 2025

Armchair Discussion with Sean Spicer, Host of the Sean Spicer Show (YouTube); former visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics; former Press Secretary and Communications Director for President Donald J. Trump; former Spokesman, Office of the United States Trade Representative

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