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National Security and International Trade

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center- The Rotunda

On Tuesday, September 18th, WITA held a panel discussing the developments in National Security and International Trade as Congress is working to rewrite the laws concerning foreign investment and export controls, and new and renewed sanctions are in place against countries such as Iran and Russia.

Congress is working to rewrite the laws concerning foreign investment and export controls, and new and renewed sanctions are in place against countries such as Iran and Russia.
View the event video here

Featuring Remarks by:

Heath P. Tarbert, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Investment Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Followed by two expert panels

 

Panel 1: Investment and CFIUS Reform

Clay Lowery, Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors; Former Chair, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Nancy McLernon, President & CEO, Organization for International Investment (OFII) Chris Padilla, Vice President, IBM Government and Regulatory Affairs; Former Under Secretary for International Trade, The U.S. Department of Commerce Moderator, David Marchick, Managing Director and Global Head of External Affairs, The Carlyle Group

Panel 2: Sanctions

Brian J.Fleming, Member, Miller & Chevalier; Former Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice Peter Harrell, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, State Department Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Suzanne Maloney, Deputy Director, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution; Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for Middle East Policy & Energy Security and Climate Initiative Moderator, Bill Reinsch, Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration