A Conversation with Six Former USTRs

April 6, 2012 • 2:00 – 4:00 pm EDT

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Taking Stock and Assessing Priorities for the 2012 Trade Agenda

Introduction by:

Dr. John Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS

Panel discussion with:

The Honorable Susan C. Schwab
Mayer Brown LLP; University of Maryland

The Honorable Charlene Barshefsky
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

The Honorable Michael Kantor
Mayer Brown LLP

The Honorable Carla A. Hills
Hills and Company

The Honorable Clayton Yeutter
Hogan Lovells LLP

The Honorable William E. Brock III
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator:

Meredith Broadbent
Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS

Last year Congress approved three pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea with large bipartisan majorities.  This year making progress in the the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and legislation to upgrade the terms of U.S. trade relations with Russia will be front and center for Congress and the Obama administration. Also on the table are the U.S.-EU High-Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth, the National Export Initiative (NEI), and possibly new sectoral or plurilateral trade proposals addressing services, trade facilitation and information technology products.  This distinguished panel will offer important perspectives on managing the opportunities ahead.
 

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John J. Hamre
CSIS President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership
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William E. Brock

William E. Brock

Former CSIS Counselor and Trustee