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Policy Responses to the
Collapse in World Trade
5/6/09
Bernard HOEKMAN, Director of
International Trade Department, World
Bank
The Mexican Trucking Issue
4/28/09
Karen ANTEBI, Economic
Counselor, Trade and NAFTA Office, Embassy of
Mexico;
Doug GOUDIE, Director of
International Trade Policy, National Assn of
Manufacturers (NAM);
Martin ROJAS, Executive
Director, Safety & Security Operations,
American Trucking Association; and
Henry
JASNY, General Counsel, Advocates for Highway
and Auto Safety.
Breakfast with Senator Brown
4/22/09
Senator Sherrod BROWN,
Senator Sherrod Campbell BROWN (D-OH), Chairman
of the Subcommittee on Economic Policy in
Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee
Breakfast with Congressman
Brady 3/31/09
Congressman Kevin
BRADY, R-TX, Ranking Member of the House Ways
and Means Subcommittee on Trade
Perspectives on Food Safety
Reform 3/19/09
Candace CHO,
Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Durbin
(D-IL);
Scott FABER, VP for Federal
Affairs, Grocery Manufacturers Association;
Jill HOLLINGSWORTH, Group VP, Food Safety
Programs, Food Marketing Institute;
*Virgil
MILLER, Professional Staff Member, House Energy
and Commerce Committee; and
David PLUNKETT,
Staff Attorney, Center for Science in the
Public Interest.
With your Moderator: Sarah
THORN, Director, International Trade, Wal-Mart
Stores Inc.
Breakfast with Chairman
Levin 3/11/09
Congressman Sander
LEVIN, D-MI, Chairman of House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Trade
The Future of the Doha Round
2/19/09
Aaditya MATTOO, Lead
Economist in the Development Research Group of
the World Bank;
Arvind SUBRAMANIAN, Senior
Fellow at the Peterson Institute for
International Economics and at the Center for
Global Development;
With your Moderator:
Dorothy DWOSKIN, Microsoft Corp.
The 2009 Congressional Trade
Agenda, 2/10/09
Tim REIF, Staff
Director, Trade Subcommittee (Majority), House
Ways and Means Committee;
Angela ELLARD,
Chief Trade Counsel (Republican), House Ways
and Means Committee;
Demetrios MARANTIS,
Chief International Trade Counsel (Majority),
Senate Finance Committee; and
Stephen
SCHAEFER, Chief International Trade Counsel
(Republican), Senate Finance Committee.
With
your Moderator: Ken LEVINSON, AstraZeneca
Pharmaceutical PLC.
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Holiday Party and Annual Meeting of the WITA Membership, 12/16/08
The World Bank, The
Financial Crisis, and The Trade Agenda Looking
Forward, 12/11/08
Mr. Bernard
HOEKMAN, Director, International Trade
Department, The World Bank
The New Rules for CFIUS,
12/10/08
Mr. Nova DALY, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Investment
Security & Policy.
Is Trade Policy Still
Important for U.S. Agriculture?,
12/3/08
Bob CUMMINGS, Senior Vice
President, USA Rice;
Dr. Joseph GLAUBER,
Chief Economist, USDA;
Jim GRUEFF, Managing
Partner, Decision Leaders LLC; and
Dr.
Stephanie MERCIER, Economist, Senate Committee
on Agriculture.
Moderator: Audrae ERICKSON,
President, Corn Refiners
Association.
Trade Remedies: What Is
Changing, and How?, 11/20/08
Nikos
ZAIMIS, Counselor, Head of Trade Section,
Delegation of the European Commission;
Lewis
LEIBOWITZ, Partner, Hogan and Hartson
LLP;
Joe DORN, Partner, King and Spalding
LLP;
Warren MARUYAMA, General Counsel, USTR;
and
Gary HORLICK, Partner, Wilmer
Hale.
Moderator: Jutta HENNIG, Chief Editor,
Inside US Trade.
Reflections and Projections:
A Trade Transition Memo for the New
Administration,
11/13/08
Christopher A. PADILLA,
Undersecretary of Commerce for International
Trade
Co-sponsored by George Washington
University's Institute for International
Economic Policy
From Tree to Table: Illegal
Logging and the Lacey Act,
10/28/08
Jean FLEMMA, Staff
Director, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife,
and Oceans, House Natural Resources
Committee;
Bill THOMAS, Associate Executive
Director, PHP, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA;
Jon KENT,
Washington Representative, National Customs
Brokers and Forwarders Association of America;
and
Alexander von BISMARCK, Executive
Director, Environmental Investigation
Agency.
Moderator: Stephanie LESTER, Vice
President for International Trade, Retail
Industry Leaders Association
Hosted by the
US Chamber of Commerce
Professional Development
Series Seminar 9- U.S. Regulatory Agencies and
International Trade, 10/14/08
Jeff
WEISS, Senior Director, Technical Barriers to
Trade, USTR;
John SHOAFF, Esq.,
International Team Leader, Office of Pollution
Prevention & Toxics, EPA;
Richard W.
O'BRIEN, Director, Office of International
Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs, CPSC;
and
Heather CLARK, Associate Vice
President, Asia-Pacific and Japan, PHRMA.
With your Moderator: Sam GILSTON, Editor,
Washington Tariff and Trade
Letter
Co-Sponsored by the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Trade Policy in the Next
Administration: How Would McCain and Obama
Differ?, 10/8/08
Dr. Lael BRAINARD
(on leave from The Brookings Institution),
representing the Obama campaign; and
Dr.
Philip I. LEVY (American Enterprise Institute)
representing the McCain campaign.
Hosted by:
Susan AARONSON, PhD, The George Washington
University.
Moderator: Steve PEARLSTEIN,
Pulitzer Prize-winning economic columnist, The
Washington Post.
Balancing Act: New Ideas for
the Executive and Legislative Branch to Share
Trade Policymaking, 10/1/08
Hal
SHAPIRO, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld; joining
Bill REINSCH, President,
National Foreign Trade Council.
Viji
RANGASWAMI, Deputy Staff Director, Trade
Subcommittee, House Ways and Means Committee
(Majority);
and Angela ELLARD, Chief Trade
Counsel (Republican), House Ways and Means
Committee.
Hosted by Susan AARONSON, PhD,
The George Washington University.
Moderator:
James POLITI, Financial Times.
Global Food Safety Policy
Forum. 9/18/2008
Day-long Global
Food Safety Policy Forum
Hosted by National
Foreign Trade Council (NFTC).Cosponsors: NFTC,
WITA, and The Waters Co.
Welcome Remarks -
Bill REINSCH, President, National Foreign Trade
Council
Keynote - Improving the U.S. Food
Safety System
Chief Deputy Whip Diana
DeGETTE, U.S. Representative,
(D-CO)
Panel I -
Perspectives From Multinationals Amid Reform
and Globalization
Moderator: Bob Brackett,
Chief Science Officer and SVP, Grocery
Manufacturers Association (GMA)
Dr. Henry
Chin, Coca-Cola
(representative), Nestle
Corporation
Panel II
- Harmonization, a Comparison of Legislative
Approaches and Capacity Building
Efforts
Moderator: Dr. Paul Young, Waters,
former EU food safety inspector
Wolf Maier,
EU Agriculture Attaché
David Acheson,
Deputy Commissioner FDA
Caroline Smith
Dewaal, Director Food Safety, Center for
Science in the Public Interest
How does
the next President plan to address food
safety?
Representatives of the campaigns of
Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama
Luncheon
Remarks: The Influence of EU Food Safety
System
John Bruton, European Union
Ambassador to the United States
Panel III
- Impact of China’s Food Safety
Moderator:
Dr. Jennifer Turner, Woodrow Wilson Center,
China Environmental Forum
Drew Thompson,
Nixon Center
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar8- Customs Laws,
9/16/2008
Charles RESSIN, Chief of
Penalties Branch, CBP, DHS;
Myles HARMON,
Director, Commercial in Trade Facilitation
Division, Office of Regulations and Rulings,
CBP, DHS;
Bruce HIRSH, Deputy Assistant USTR
for WTO and Multilateral Affairs; and
Jay
EIZENSTAT, Of Counsel, Miller & Chevalier,
Chartered.
MODERATOR: James MIN, VP,
International Trade Affairs and Compliance, DHL
Express.
Co-Sponsored by the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Summer Networking Social, 8/13/2008
Advancing U.S. National
Security, Trade, and Prosperity: An Export
Control Update, 7/30/2008
Mario
MANCUSO, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security.
The 14th Annual WITA/WITF
Awards Dinner, 7/16/2008
Ambassador
Susan SCHWAB, USTR, Distinguished Service
Award
Master of Ceremonies: Cal DOOLEY,
President, Grocery Manufacturers
Association.
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
The Warp and Weft of Textile
Trade Policy, 6/18/2008
Cass
JOHNSON, President, National Council of Textile
Organizations (NCTO);
Steve LAMAR, Executive
Vice President, American Apparel & Footwear
Association (AAFA); and
Matt PRIEST,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements (CITA).
Moderator: Pietra
RIVOLI, Georgetown University.
Climate Change and Trade,
6/17/2008
Tim KEELER,
USTR:
Warren PAYNE, House Ways and Means
(R);
Andy SHOYER, Sidley
Austin;
Christopher WENK, US Chamber of
Commerce; and
Abe BREEHEY, International
Brotherhood of Boilermakers.
Moderator:
Regina VARGO, Greenberg Traurig.
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 7- Trade Remedies,
6/12/2008
Warren MARUYAMA, General
Counsel, USTR;
Craig LEWIS, Hogan &
Hartson;
David SPOONER, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce; and
Neal
REYNOLDS, Assistant General Counsel for
Litigation, US International Trade Commission
(US ITC).
Moderator: Terry STEWART, Managing
Partner, Stewart and Stewart
Law.
Co-Sponsored by the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
TAA: The Key to Movement on
Trade Issues, 6/12/2008
Angela
ELLARD, House Ways and Means (Minority);
Rob
NICHOLS, President and COO, Financial Services
Forum;
Viji RANGASWAMI, Deputy Staff
Director, Trade Subcommittee, House Ways and
Means (Democratic); and
Howard ROSEN,
Executive Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance
Coalition.
Moderator: Tim BENNETT,
President, Bennett Strategies LLC.
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 6- Trade Policy
Making in Congress, 5/20/2008
Tim
REIF, Chief International Trade Counsel, House
Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee;
Amber
COTTLE, International Trade Counsel, Senate
Finance Committee; and
Dr. Loren YAGER,
Director, International Affairs and Trade, US
GAO.
Moderator: Chris NELSON, Editor, The
Nelson Report.
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 5- Trade Capacity
Building, 5/6/2008
Mary RYCKMAN,
Assistant USTR for Trade Capacity
Building;
Katrin KUHLMAN, Executive
Director, Business Coalition for Capacity
Building (BCCB);
Richard MORFORD, Managing
Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation;
and
Mary C. OTT, Director, Office of
Economic Growth, Bureau for Economic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade.
Moderator: David
OHRENSTEIN, Fontheim
International
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Congressman Wally Herger,
5/6/2008
Congressman Wally HERGER,
R-CA, Ranking Member, House Ways and Means
Trade Subcommittee
WTO Update: The Dispute
Settlement Understanding System,
5/2/2008
S. Bruce WILSON, Director,
WTO Legal Affairs Division
Networking Reception for
International Trade & Business
Professionals,
4/30/2008
Co-sponsored by WITA,
Washington Network Group, and the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building
A
Special Afternoon Event with Secretary of
Agriculture Ed Schafer,
4/29/2008
Ed SCHAFER, United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Protecting Intellectual
Property at the Border: Section 337
Investigations and Customs Enforcement,
4/22/2008
Lynn LEVINE, Director,
Office of Unfair Import Investigations, US
ITC;
David NICKEL, Miller and
Chevalier;
Dwayne RAWLINGS, Intellectual
Property Rights branch, US Customs and Border
Protection, DHS; and
Maureen BROWNE of
Heller Ehrman
Moderator: Regina VARGO,
Greenberg Traurig
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 4- Trade and
Finance, 4/16/2008
Charles BARNETT,
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im
Bank.);
Geoff JACKSON, US Trade and
Development Agency (US TDA);
Alison
GERMACK, Overseas Private Investment Corp
(OPIC); and
Richard GINSBURG, US Small
Business Administration (SBA)
Moderator:
John McARTHUR, Senior Manager, Trade and Supply
Chain, HSBC Bank USA
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Trade and Manufacturing,
4/10/2008
Auggie TANTILLO,
Executive Director of the American
Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC);
and
Frank VARGO, Vice President of
International Economic Affairs, National
Association of Manufacturers
(NAM).
Moderator: Sam GILSTON, Editor,
Washington Trade and Tariff Letter.
Preferences--Outdated or
Simply In Need of Reform?,
3/25/2008
Laura BAUGHMAN, Executive
Director of The Coalition for GSP;
Meredith
BROADBENT, Assistant USTR for Industry, Market
Access & Telecommunications;
Katrin
KUHLMAN; President, Trade, Aid and Security
Coalition (TASC); and
Jayme WHITE,
Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Jim
McDermott.
Moderator: Nicole VENABLE, US
Chamber of Commerce
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 3- Trade Promotion
Coordination, 3/20/2008
Pat KIRWAN,
Dept. of Commerce Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee;
Dale MILLER, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service;
Whitney BAIRD, Dept.
of State Economic and Business Affairs;
and
Anne GRAY, Commercial Service, Dept. of
Commerce.
Moderator: James WILKINSON,
WITA.
Co-Sponsored by the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Happy Hour at Bullfeathers on Capitol Hill, 3/5/08
2008 Professional
Development Series Seminar 2: Policy Monitoring
and Enforcement Abroad, 2/21/08
Dan
BRINZA, Assistant US Trade Representative for
Monitoring and Enforcement;
Stephen JACOBS,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Market Access
and Compliance, US Dept. of Commerce;
and
William CRAFT, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, US Dept.
of State.
Co-Sponsored by the International
Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
2008 Professional
Development Series Kick-off Seminar 1: Trade
Policy Responsibilities in the US Government,
2/12/08
Carmen SURO-BREDIE,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Policy Coordination
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Breakfast with
Undersecretary Chris Padilla,
2/7/08
Chris PADILLA,
Undersecretary of Commerce for International
Trade
WITA Diplomatic Series
Presented by New York Life: Hong Kong Economic
and Trade Office Program and Reception,
2/5/08
Featuring Remarks
by:
Margaret FONG, Hong Kong Commissioner
for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA
2008 Congressional Trade
Agenda, 1/25/08
Tim REIF, Staff
Director, Trade Subcommittee
(Majority);
Angela ELLARD, Chief Trade
Counsel (R), House Ways and Means
Committee;
Demetrios MARANTIS, Chief
International Trade Counsel (Majority), Senate
Finance Committee; &
Stephen SCHAEFER,
Chief International Trade Counsel (R), Senate
Finance Committee.
Moderator: Ken Levinson,
AstraZeneca PLC
Co-Sponsored by the
International Gateway at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
Consumer Product Safety: In
an Era of Global Supply Chains, Are We Doing
Enough to Ensure Consumer Safety?,
1/15/08
Judy BAILEY, Counsel, House
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee
on Commerce, trade, and Consumer Protection;
Quinn DODD,
Chief of Staff for Chairwoman Nancy Nord,
Consumer Product Safety
Commission,
Stephanie LESTER, Vice President
for international Trade, Retail Industry
Leaders Association;
Rick LOCKER, General
Counsel, Toy Industry Association and Juvenile
Products Manufacturing Association;
and
Rachel WEINTRAUB, Director of Product
Safety, Consumer Federation of
America.
WITA Annual Meeting of the Members, 12/13/07
Business Opportunities in
Russia and Ukraine, 12/11/07
Philip
DE LEON, Director, BISNIS, U.S. Department of
Commerce;
Michelle O'NEILL, Deputy Under
Secretary for International Trade, U.S.
Department of Commerce;
Keith SILVER,
Principal Commercial Service, St. Petersburg,
Russia;
Andrei DOLGORUKOV, Head of the
Russian Trade Representation;
Hennadii
NADOLENKO, Head of the Ukrainian Trade and
Economic Mission;
Morgan WILLIAMS, President
of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council;
Randi
LEVINAS, Vice President of Policy &
Programs, U.S-Russia Business Council;
Helen
TEPLITSKAIA, President of the American-Russian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and
Dmitry
BESKURNIKOV, Executive Director of the Russian
Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry in
the United States.
Co-sponsored by
BISNIS
The 2007 Farm Bill, the WTO
Doha Round, and Challenges to US Farm
Subsidies, 11/7/07
Jim GRUEFF,
partner, Decision Leaders;
former U.S.
Government agriculture negotiator for the WTO
Doha Round
What Does the Public Hear
When Policymakers Talk About Trade?,
11/6/07
Clay RAMSAY, Research
Director, Program on International Policy
Attitudes, University of Maryland;
Jonathan
WHITE, Program Officer, German Marshall Fund;
and
Richard WIKE, PhD, Senior Researcher,
Pew Global Attitudes Project.
Moderator:
Susan AARONSON, PhD, George Washington
University.
Reimagining Fast-Track: How
Congress and the Executive Can Share Authority
for Trade Policymaking, 09/27/07
I.
M. (Mac) DESTLER, professor, University of
Maryland School of Public Policy, and author of
"American Trade Politics" (International Institute of
Economics, 2005);
Bruce STOKES, National
Journal, co-author of the books "America
Against the World" and on fast-track
"Democtratizing Trade Policy";
Susan AARONSON, GWU,
author of "Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to
Weigh Human Rights in Trade Policymaking", and
on fast-track,
"Redefining the Terms of Trade Policymaking."
Contributing off-the-record reactions and
feedback:
Angela ELLARD, Chief Trade Counsel
(Republican), House Ways and Means Committee;
Demetrios MARANTIS, Chief International
Trade Counsel (Democratic), Senate Finance
Committe;
Moderator: Eoin CALLAN, Financial
Times.
The U.S.-Korea FTA: Is it a
Win-Win? 09/26/07
A breakfast panel
discussion of the US-Korea FTA in the context
of the recent US ITC report.
Steve BIEGUN,
Ford Motors;
Myron BRILLIANT, US-Korea
Business Council; Amy JACKSON, C & M
International;
Thea LEE,
AFL-CIO;
Chairman Daniel PEARSON, US
ITC;
Moderator: Sam GILSTON, Editor,
Washington Trade and Tariff Letter.
Foreign Trade Zones: What
the Trade Pro Needs to Know,
9/13/07
A Breakfast Professional
Development program featuring a panel of
experts on the relatively unexplored topic of
Foreign Trade Zones.
Marshall MILLER, Esq.,
Miller & Compnay P.C., Founder/General
Council of NAFTZ;
Andrew MCGILVRAY,
Executive Secretary, Foreign Trade Zones
Board;
Dr. Willard M. BERRY, Executive
Director, National Association of Foreign-Trade
Zones.
WITA/MIIS Happy Hour,
7/26/07
Joint social event
sponsored by WITA and the Monterrey Institute
of International Studies Alumni
Association
Asian Trade Issues,
7/24/07
The Honorable Karan BHATIA,
Deputy USTR
WITA/WITF Annual Dinner: Our
25th Anniversity Gala,
7/17/07
Celebrating a Quarter
Century of trade Leadership!
Featuring
addresses by:
Carlos GUTIERREZ, Secretary of
Commerce
Chairman Charles RANGEL, House Ways
and Means Committee
Master of Ceremonies:
John CASTELLANI, President, Business
Roundtable
Summer Networking Social, 6/28/07
The Three Latin American
FTAs: What do the Think Tanks Think?,
6/13/07
Mauricio CARDENAS,
Fedesarollo (Colombia);
Ed GRESSER,
Progressive Policy Institute;
Marcela
PRIETO, Political Science Institute
(Colombia);
Dan RESTREPO, Center for
American Progress; and
Mark SMITH, Latin
American Trade Coalition.
Moderator: Peter
HAKIM, President, Inter-American
Dialogue.
WITA Diplomatic Series
Presented by New York Life: Embassy of Mexico
Reception, 6/7/07
Featured Speaker:
Mexican Ambassador Arturo SARUKHAN
Congressman Jim McCrery,
5/14/07
Congressman Jim McCRERY,
(R-LA), Ranking minority member of the House
Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduction
by Nick CALIO, Senior Vice President,
Citigroup.
THE WITA/FedEx Diplomatic
Trade Education Symposium.
5/9/07
Program Moderator: Tim
BENNETT, President, Cyber Security Industry
Alliance; WITA Board of Directors
The Role
of USTR; The Role of the White House;
Establishing and Operating Negotiating
Teams
Don EISS, Senior Policy Advisor,
USTR
PANEL
2
Trade Policy Roles of Other Branches of
the Government
The Role
of Congress: Key Committees, Required Annual
Reviews and Reports; Hearings; Negotiating
Observers
Viji RANGASWAMI, Deputy Staff
Director, Committee on Ways and Means, Trade
Subcommittee
The
Judiciary: Court Rulings which Impact
Trade
Eric EMERSON, Partner, Steptoe &
Johnson
The Role
of State Governments and Official Advisory
Committee
Christina SEVILLA, Deputy
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative,
Intergovernmental Affairs and Public
Liaison
PANEL
3
The Process and External Participants: The
Lobbying Game
Observations from an
Association
Rob MULLIGAN, Senior Vice
President International, AeA (American
Electronics Association)
Observations from a Corporate
Representative
Melika CARROLL, Director of
Federal Government Affairs, Micron
Technology
Observations from a Law Firm
Eric
EMERSON, Partner, Steptoe &
Johnson
Observations from a
Diplomat
Silvia CONSTAIN, Deputy Director,
Trade Bureau, Embassy of Colombia
Observations from The Press
Sam
GILSTON, Editor and Publisher, Washington Trade
& Tariff Newsletter
Symposium and Reception --Sponsored by FedEx Express
Emily
BEIZER, VP, International Affairs,
GMA/FPA;
Jim JOCHUM, Partner, Mayer Brown
Rowe and Maw LLP;
Linda MENGHETTI, Vice
President, Emergency Committee for American
Trade; and
Grant ALDONAS, Scholl Chair in
International Business, Center for Strategic
and International Studies;
MODERATOR: Brian
POMPER, Partner, Parvin Pomper Schuyler,
Inc.
Trade Policy in a Divided
Government—But How?
5/3/07
WITA Diplomatic
Series Presented by New York Life: The Embassy
of India, 4/24/07
His Excellency
Ronen SEN, Ambassador of India to the United
States.
Introduction by George NICHOLS, New
York Life.
US Trade Remedy Laws-Too
Weak, Unfair, Outdated?,
4/18/07
Jennifer HILLMAN, former US
ITC Commissioner;Gary HUFBAUER, Institute for
International Economics;
Lewis LEIBOWITZ,
Hogan & Hartson; and
Terry STEWART,
Stewart & Stewart Law.
Moderator:
Spencer GRIFFITH, Akin Gump
Business Opportunities in
Afghanistan & Central Asia,
4/10/07
Welcome: Philip de LEON,
Director, BISNIS;
Introductory remarks by:
Franklin LAVIN, Under Secretary for
International Trade U.S. Department of
Commerce;
Israel HERNANDEZ, Assistant
Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director
General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial
Service
PANEL
ONE:
Moderator: Fred STARR, Chairman of the
Central Asia Caucasus Institute, John Hopkins
SAIS;
His Excellency Said T. JAWAD,
Ambassador of Afghanistan;
His Excellency
Abdujabbor SHIRINOV, Ambassador of
Tajikistan;
His Excellency Abdulaziz
KAMILOV, Ambassador of Uzbekistan;
Rex E.
PINGLE, President & CEO, PMD International;
and
Dan STEIN, U.S. Trade & Development
Agency Eurasia Regional Director.
PANEL
TWO:
Moderator: Edward M. SMITH, former
Chief of Staff for the Afghanistan
Reconstruction Group (ARG);
Robert
MOSBACHER, Jr., President and Chief Executive
Officer, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC);
His Excellency Said T.
JAWAD, Ambassador of Afghanistan;
Her
Excellency Zamira SYDYKOVA Ambassador of
Kyrgyzstan;
His Excellency Meret ORAZOV,
Ambassador of Turkmenistan;
Mr. Talgat
KALIEV, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of
Kazakhstan; and
Jack GEHRING, Director,
International Services Division, Caterpillar,
Inc.
Textile Trade Politics:
Unraveling the Loose Threads,
3/29/07
Ashraf HAYAT, Minister of
Trade, Pakistani Embassy;
Cass JOHNSON,
President, National Council of Trade
Organizations; and
Steve LAMAR, Executive
Vice President, American Apparel and Footwear
Association.
David SPOONER Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Import
Administration;
Springtime in Asia
Networking Social,
3/20/07
Cha irman
Rangel and the Trade Agenda,
3/13/07
Congressman Charlie RANGEL, D-NY,
Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means
Breakfast with Deputy USTR
John Veroneau, 3/7/07
Deputy United States Trade
Representative John VERONEAU
International Trade: The
2006 Record and the Dynamics for 2007,
2/28/07
Franklin LAVIN,
Undersecretary of Commerce for International
Trade
The Farm Bill: Breakfast
with Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns,
2/21/07
Secretary of Agriculture
Mike JOHANNSCo-sponsored by the International
Gateway
Building for the Future: The
Long-Term International Economic Agenda,
2/20/07
Daniel SULLIVAN, Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and
Business Affairs
Co-sponsored by the GWU
CIBER Program
The 2007 Congressional Trade
Agenda, 2/13/07
Tim REIF, Staff
Director, Trade Subcommittee, House Ways and
Means Committee (Democratic);
Angela ELLARD,
Chief Trade Counsel (Republican), House Ways
and Means Committee;
Demetrios MARANTIS,
Chief International Trade Counsel (Democratic),
Senate Finance Committee;
and Stephen
SCHAEFER, Chief International Trade Counsel
(Republican), Senate Finance
Committee.
Annual Meeting of the WITA Membership: Election of Directors 12/19/06
Developments in Export
Control 12/14/06
Chris PADILLA,
Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration
A
New Era for CFIUS? 11/29/06
Jeanne
ARCHIBALD, Partner, Hogan & Hartson;
Joe CWIKLINSKI, Staff Director, Senate
Subcommittee on Securities and
Investment;
Nova DALY, Deputy Asst.
Secretary of Treasury for Investment Security;
and
Harvey NATHAN, Vice President, EADS
North America Defense.
Moderator: Keith
LOKEN, Office of the Legal Advisor, Department
of State.
Co-sponsored by the DC Bar
International Law Section
WTO Dispute Settlement,
11/16/06
An Update by the WTO's
Legal Advisor, Bruce WILSON, Director, WTO
Legal Affairs Division.
Trade Tuesday: A Networking
Reception for International Trade
Professionals, 10/24/06
Cosponsored
by Washington Network Group
Do We Still Prefer
Preferences? 10/11/06
Vernie
HUBERT, Majority Deputy Chief Counsel, Senate
Committe on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry;
Laura BAUGHMAN, Coalition for GSP
and President, The Trade
Partnership;
Meredith BROADBENT, Assistant
US Trade Representative for Industry, Market
Access and Telecommunications, Office of the
USTR (invited);
Angela ELLARD, Staff Director and Trade
Counsel (Republican), House Ways and
Means;
Tim REIF, Chief Trade Counsel
(Democrat), House Ways and Means.
Developments in U.S.
Policies Concerning Exports to China,
10/05/06
Matthew S. BORMAN, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration,
BIS;
William A. REINSCH, President, National
Foreign Trade Council;
Stephan E. BECKER,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP;
Randall
READE, President, Zipzone Ltd;
Moderator:
Debra S. P. CHENG, McGuireWoods
LLP.
Cosponsored by the DC Bar International
Law Section and WIIT
Which Way Do the Trade Winds
Blow? Impact of The Mid-Term Elections,
10/05/06
Ted ALDEN, Financial
Times, and longtime trade correspondent;
I.
M. (Mac) DESTLER, professor, University of
Maryland School of Public Policy,
and author
of American Trade Politics (International
Institute of Economics, 2005);
Jerry
HAGSTROM, correspondent on agriculture and
politics for National Journal's Congress
Daily;
Bruce STOKES, international economics
columnist for National Journal
and co-author
of the new book, America Against the World: How
We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked (Times
Books, 2006);
Moderator: Viji RANGASWAMI,
Trade, Equity and Development Project, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.
Sen. Max BAUCUS and the
Future of US Trade Policy,
9/28/06
The Honorable Max BAUCUS,
Senator from Montana (D)
National Export Strategy,
9/15/06
Israel HERNANDEZ, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce
and Director General
of the U.S. Commercial
Service.
Amb. Dick CROWDER,
Chief Agricultural Negotiator, USTR,
9/14/06
Amb. Richard CROWDER, USTR
Chief Agriculture Negotiator.
The WITA Diplomatic Series:
US-Korea FTA: Challenges and Opportunities,
8/30/06
The Honorable Tae-Sik
LEE, Ambassador of the Republic of
Korea.
WITA/WITF Annual Awards
Dinner, 7/13/06
Honoree:
Congressman Charles Rangel,
Distinguished
Service Award
Presented by Sen. Hillary
Clinton
Honoree: Congressman Jim Kolbe,
Lifetime Acheivement Award
Presented by
Amb. Clayton Yeutter
Professional Development
Series: Seminar 9: Trade Security,
6/29/06
Bernie KRITZER, Director,
Office of National Security and Technology Controls, Bureau
of Industry and Security, Dept. of
Commerce
Professional Development
Series: Seminar 8: Customs Laws,
6/22/06
Jay EIZENSTAT, Director for
Customs Affairs, Office of the US Trade
Representative;
Charles RESSIN, Chief,
Penalties Branch, Office of Regulations and
Rulings, Customs and Border Protection,
DHS;
Anthony SHURN, Office of Regulations
& Rulings, Entry Process and Duty Refunds
Branch, Customs and Border Protection,
Moderator:
Ken MONTGOMERY, Director, International Trade
Regulation, AeA
Assessing US Sanctions
Programs, 6/20/06
David ABRAMOWITZ,
Chief Counsel (D), House International
Relations Committee;
Tom MALINOWSKI,
Washington Director, Human Rights
Watch;
Bill REINSCH, President, National
Foreign Trade Council; and
Paul SIMONS,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs.
Moderator:
Wynn SEGALL, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and
Feld.
The World Bank in Trade: An
Overview of the New Trade Agenda,
6/8/2006
Richard NEWFARMER,
Economic Advisor and Editor of Trade, Doha and
Development: A Window into the Issues;
Kym
ANDERSON, Lead Economist, World Bank;
Julia
NIELSON, Senior Trade Specialist, World Bank;
and
Simeon DJANKOV, Manager, World
Bank
The Farm Bill and the WTO
Doha Round: Special Educational Seminar on
Agricultural Negotiations,
6/2/2006
Jim GRUEFF, Partner,
Decision Leaders;
Former U.S. Government
agriculture negotiator for the WTO Doha
Round.
WTO Deputy Director General
Rufus YERXA, 5/25/06
Deputy
Director General Rufus YERXA, Deputy Director,
World Trade Organization
WITA Professional
Development Series 2005-06: Seminar VII: Trade
Remedies, 5/17/06
Dan PEARSON,
Commissioner, US International Trade
Commission;
James MENDENHALL, General
Counsel, U.S. Trade Representative;
and
David SPOONER, Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
Once de Mayo Fiesta Happy
Hour, 05/11/06
Co-Sponsorrf by
Women in International Trade
The Immigration Debate and
Trade: Back and Forth at the Border,
4/27/06
Congressman Jim KOLBE
(R-AZ); and
Mark KIRKORIAN, Executive
Director, Center for Immigration
Studies.
Port and Cargo Security:
What Will the Traffic bear?
4/25/06
Jonathan GOLD, Vice
President, Global Supply Chain Policy, Retail
Industry Leaders Association;
Kathy
KRANINGER, Senate Homeland Security Committee;
and
Patrick SIMMONS, Deputy Director,
Non-Intrusive Inspection Division, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection.
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 6: Policy Monitoring
and Enforcement Abroad, 4/20/06
Dan
BRINZA, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Monitoring and Enforcement;
Stephen JACOBS,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Agreements
and Compliance, Department of
Commerce;
Christopher MOORE, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs, Department of
State.
Breakfast with Under
Secretary Lavin, 4/18/06
Franklin
LAVIN, Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade, U.S. Department of
Commerce
WITA Diplomatic Series
Presented by FedEx Express: The Embassy of
Vietnam, 4/12/06
The Honorable VU
Dang Dzung, Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister
Counselor;
Introduced by FedEx Express Vice
President, Regulatory Affairs, Steven
TAYLOR.
Congressman Clay Shaw,
3/30/06
Chairman Clay SHAW (R-FL),
Chairman, House Ways and Means Trade
Subcommittee
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 5: Trade Capacity
Building, 3/16/06
Mary RYCKMAN,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade
Capacity;
Claude FONTHEIM, Business
Coalition for Capacity Building, LLC; and
Susan SECHLER, Director, United States
Trade & Development Program, The German
Marshall Fund.
Spring Fling Happy Hour,
03/02/06
Co-Sponsors: Women in
International Trade
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 4: Trade Finance,
2/16/06
Peter BALLINGER, Director,
Business Development, Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
Charles BARNETT,
Business Development Specialist, Export-Import
Bank of the United States; and
Geoff
JACKSON, Director of Policy and Program, Trade
Development Agency.
The 2006 Congressional Trade
Agenda, 2/15/06
Angela ELLARD,
Staff Director and Trade Counsel (Republican),
House Ways and Means;
Tim REIF, Chief Trade
Counsel (Democrat), House Ways and
Means;
Stephen SCHAEFER, Trade Counsel
(Republican), Senate Finance Committee;
and
Brian POMPER, Chief International Trade Counsel
(Democrat), Senate Finance
Committee.
Co-sponsored by the International
Gateway
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 3: Trade Promotion
Coordination, 1/19/06
Patrick
KIRWAN, Director, Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee, International Trade Administration,
US Department of
Commerce;
Dale MILLER, Director,
Foreign Agricultural Service Outreach, US
Department of Agriculture;
Nancy
SMITH-NISSLEY, Senior Advisor for Business
Outreach, US Department of State;
and Manny
ROSALES, Assistant Administrator, Office of
International Trade, US Small Business
Administration.
Current Issues and Trends at
the US Court of International Trade,
12/14/05
Clerk of the United States Court of
International Trade Leo
GORDON
The Road to Hong Kong:
Mixing Realism with Ambition,
12/08/05
Ambassador of the European
Union to the United States John
BRUTON
Annual Meeting of the WITA Membership; Election of Directors 12/6/05
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 2: Trade Policy Making
in the US Congress, 12/01/05
Angela
ELLARD, Staff Director, House Ways and Means
Trade Subcommittee;
Ray AHEARN, Specialist
in International Trade and Finance,
Congressional Research Services;
Matt
NIEMEYER, Counselor, Office of the United
States Trade Representative;
and Adam
MCCARTHY, Counsellor (Commercial), Embassy of
Australia.
Moderator: Everett EISSENSTAT,
Chief International Trade Counsel, Senate
Finance Committee.
Professional Development
Series 2005-06: Seminar 1: Trade Policy
Responsibilities in the US Government,
11/17/05
Don EISS, Senior Policy
Advisor, Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
WITA Diplomatic Series
Presented by FedEx Express: The Embassy of
China, 11/10/05
His Excellency
Ambassador Zhou WENZHONG;
Introduced by
FedEx Express Executive Vice President Michael
L. DRUCKER
Ask the Director: A Dialogue
with DHS's CBP Director of Trade Relations Mike
Mullen, 11/10/05
Department of
Homeland Security, Customs and Border
Protection Director of Trade Relations Michael
MULLEN.
Closing the Loophole or
Closing the Door? Proposed Changes to the Exon
Florio Amendment, 11/09/05
Pat
MULLOY, US-China Economic & Security Review
Commission;
Skip FISCHER, Senate Banking
Committee;
Ann CALVARESI-BARR, US
GAO;
and Stephen CANNER, US Council for
International Business
After CAFTA: What's Next for
Trade in the Americas?,
11/05/05
Regina VARGO, Assistant
USTR for the Americas;
and Jeff SCHOTT,
Senior Fellow, Institute for International
Economics.
The Road to Hong Kong:
European Expectations, Congressional
Considerations, 10/27/05
Austrian
Trade Minister Martin BARTENSTEIN, Vice
Chairman of the Hong Kong
Ministerial;
Congressman Phil ENGLISH
(R-PA), House Ways and Means Trade
Subcommittee, & Chairman of the Bipartisan
Steel Caucus;
Moderator: Senate Finance
Committee Chief International Trade Counsel
Everett EISSENSTAT.
Intellectual Property
Protection: What Are We Doing, and Is It
Enough?, 10/26/05
The Honorable
Evandro DIDONET, Deputy Chief of Mission and
Minister (Trade), Embassy of Brazil;
Dr.
Robert SHAPIRO, Chairman, Sonecon LLC, &
Co-author, "The Ecnonomic Value of Intellectual
Property";
Chris ISRAEL, Coordinator,
International IP Enforcement Center, US Dept.
of Commerce; and
Manon RESS, Director,
Information Society Projects, Consumer Project
on Technology.
Moderator: Mark SMITH,
Executive Director, US-Brazil Business
Council.
India, Pakistan, and South
Asia: Looking Up, Looking Ahead,
10/19/05
Dr. V. S. SHESHADRI,
Minister of Commercial Affairs, Embassy of
India;
Ashraf HAYAT, Minister (Trade),
Embassy of Pakistan;
and Amb. Ashley WILLS,
Assistant USTR for South Asian
Affairs.
Oktoberfest Networking
Social, 10/6/05
WITA, Washington
Network Group, and Women in International
Trade.
Sponsored by Volkswagen of
America.
WTO Symposium: 10 Year
Review and the Road to Hong Kong,
9/29-30/05
Co-Sponsored by the
American Bar Association Section of
International Law
In order of appearance:
Congressman Ben CARDIN; Congressman Jim KOLBE;
Elizabeth BECKER; Amb. Mike SMITH; Gerard
DEPAYRE; William
REINSCH; Dorothy DWOSKIN; Ted POSNER; Elissa
ALBEN; Claude BARFIELD; Prof. Petros MAVROIDIS;
Prof. Raj BHALA;
Terry STEWART; Gary HORLICK; Jorge MIRANDA;
Jane BRADLEY; Hal SHAPIRO; Andrew SHOYER; John
GREENWALD; Andy
BAKER; Mark HALVERSTON; Hon. Robert LIGHTHIZER;
Joseph O'MARA; Ellen TERPSTRA; H.E. Roberto
ABDENUR;
Jean-Francois BOITTIN; Brian POMPER; Andy
BAKER; William O'CONNER; Kevin STUDER; Lynn
GALLAGHER; Meredith BROADBENT; Bill LANE; John
R. MAGNUS; Jim HECHT; H.E. Nabil FAHMY; Everett
EISSENSTAT; Lionel JOHNSON; Demetrious MARANTIS; V.S. SHESHADRI;
Grant ALDONAS; John JACKSON; Hon. Mickey
KANTOR; Hon. Hugo PAEMAN; Hon. Clayton YEUTTER; Prof.
Marjorie FLORESTAL; Ray OFFENHEISER; Dorothy
DWOSKIN; H.E. Barbara Joyce Mosima MASEKELA;
Sandra POLASKI;
H.E. Ronald SABORIO; Viji RANGASWAMI; H.E.
Shamsher CHOWDHURY; Auggie TANTILLO; Steven
LAMAR; Kevin
DEMPSEY; Frank VARGO; Charles FREEMAN; Mike
WESSEL; Kevin DEMPSEY; Angela ELLARD; Frank
VARGO; Hank LEVINE; and others.
CSR in the Financial Sector:
How It Works and What Can Be Learned,
09/27/05
(Corporate Social
Responsibility)
Georgina BAKER, IFC (World
Bank);
Bart Jan KROUWEL, Dutch Rabobank;
and
Suellen LAZARUS, ABN Amro Bank;
Moderator: Dr. Susan AARONSON, Kenan
Institute of Private Enterprise,
UNC
11th Annual WITA/WITF Awards
Dinner, 7/20/05
Honoring: William
THOMAS, Chairman, House Ways and Means
Committee-Distinguished Service Award;
The
late Congressman Bob MATSUI- Lifetime
Achievement Award
(Accepted on his behalf
by Congresswoman Doris MATSUI)
Master of
Ceremonies: Dan GLICKMAN, President and CEO,
MPAA
Diplomatic Series: Embassy
of Finland Reception, 6/29/05
Nikos
ZAIMIS and Peter BERZ of the Delegation of the
European Commission
CVD's and NME's: How Would
They Apply to China? 6/28/05
Jane
ALONSO, Senate Government Affairs and Homeland
Security Committees;
Joseph DORN, King and
Spalding;Adam COWLES, General Accounting Office
(US GAO);
John GREENWALD, Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr;
MODERATOR: Richard
MORELAND, Sherman and Sterling
INTERNATIONAL TRADE SUMMER
SOIREE, 6/16/05
Shameless
Networking!
CO-SPONSORS: WASHINGTON
NETWORKING GROUP AND WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
DR-CAFTA Series, Part 3:
CONGRESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES,
6/08/05
FEATURING: CONGRESSMAN
XAVIER BECERRA (D-CA);
CONGRESSMAN KEVIN
BRADY (R-TX)
PERSONNEL A LA 'MODE 4',
5/25/05
GEORGE FISHMAN, CHIEF
COUNSEL, SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER
SECURITY,
HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE;
AADITYA MATTOO, LEAD ECONOMIST,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE GROUP, WORLD BANK;
V.S.
SESHADRI, MINISTER OF COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS,
EMBASSY OF INDIA;
MODERATOR: STU BRAHS,
PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL
WITA DIPLOMATIC SERIES
KICK-OFF! SERIES PRESENTED BY FEDEX Express,
5/19/05
Featuring: AMBASSADOR OF
EUROPEAN UNION TO THE U.S., His Excellency John
BRUTON
WHAT'S NEW ON SUBSIDIES?,
5/03/05
ALUISIO DE LIMA-CAMPOS,
ECONOMIC ADVISOR, EMBASSY OF BRAZIL;
GARY
HUFBAUER, SENIOR FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS;
ROY MALMROSE,
DIRECTOR SUBSIDIES, USTR;
NIKOS ZAIMIS, HEAD
OF TRADE SECTION, DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION;
and PAUL BAILEY, FIRST SECRETARY
- TRADE POLICY, EMBASSY OF CANADA
MODERATOR:
JOHN R. MAGNUS, PRESIDENT, TRADEWINS
LLC
DR-CAFTA Series, Part 2:
DOMESTIC PERSPECTIVES,
4/28/05
CHRIS PADILLA, ASST U.S.
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC LIAISON,
OFFICE OF THE US
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE;
JACK RONEY, DIRECTOR
OF ECONOMIC AND POLICY ANALYSIS, AMERICAN SUGAR
ALLIANCE;
SCOTT MILLER, DIRECTOR FOR
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PROCTER &
GAMBLE COMPANY
KIMBERLY ANN ELLIOTT, RESEARCH FELLOW,
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS;
NICK
GIORDANO, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COUNSEL, NATIONAL
PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL
MODERATOR: CAL
DOOLEY, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FOOD PRODUCTS
ASSOCIATION
MIDDLE EAST TRADE UPDATE,
4/26/05
CATHY NOVELLI, ASST. TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR EUROPE AND THE
MEDITERRANEAN;
DR. NASER AL BELOOSHI,
ECONOMIC REPRESENTATIVE, EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM
OF BAHRAIN
DR-CAFTA Series, Part 1:
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES,
4/12/05
AMBASSADOR OF COSTA RICA TO
THE US TOMAS DUENAS;
AMBASSADOR OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE US FLAVIO DARIO
ESPINAL;
BISHOP ALVARO RAMAZZINI;
ROMAN
MACAYA, COMPETETIVE AGRICULTURAL GROUP, COSTA
RICA
CHAIRMAN CLAY SHAW,
4/7/05
CONGRESSMAN CLAY SHAW
(R-FL), CHAIRMAN, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS TRADE
SUBCOMITTEE
BREAKFAST WITH NEW SECRETARY
OF COMMERCE CARLOS GUTIERREZ,
3/29/05
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
CARLOS GUTIERREZ
CO-SPONSORED BY: WOMEN IN
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ACCESSIBILITY VS. SECURITY:
ARE WE SHUTTING THE DOORS ON TOMORROW'S WORLD
LEADERS?, 3/24/05
INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS: STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG, PRESIDENT,
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
FEATURING:
DAVID WARD, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN COUNCIL ON
EDUCATION;
VIC JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
FOR PUBLIC POLICY, NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS;
TONY EDSON,
MANAGING DIRECTOR, VISA SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
STATE;
DOUG BAKER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
BREAKFAST WITH CONGRESSMAN
BENJAMIN CARDIN,
3/10/05
CONGRESSMAN BENJAMIN L.
CARDIN, RANKING DEMOCRAT (MD), HOUSE WAYS AND
MEANS TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE
CO-SPONSORED BY:
INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY
YOU MUST BE TRIP-ING! WHAT'S
ALL THE FUSS ABOUT TRIPS-PLUS FTA'S?
3/2/05
MIKE CASTELLANO, DEMOCRATIC
STAFF, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE;
MARIA FABIANA JORGE, PRESIDENT, MFJ
INTERNATIONAL;
DAVID KORN, ASSISTANT
GENERAL COUNSEL, PHRMA (INVITED);
VICTORIA
ESPINEL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT USTR FOR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, USTR;
GAWAIN KRIPKE, SENIOR
POLICY ADVISOR, OXFAM AMERICA;
MAHER
MATALKA, DIRECTOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCE BUREAU,
EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN; and
DR.
MICHAEL P. RYAN, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY,
MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENTS IN U.S.-RUSSIAN
TRADE AND BUSINESS RELATIONS,
2/17/05
ANDREW P. DOLGORUKOV, TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN DEFERATION TO THE
UNITED STATES;
EUGENE K. LAWSON, PRESIDENT
AND CEO OF THE U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS COUNCIL;
and RICHARD N. DEAN, CHAIR OF THE RUSSIA,
UKRAINE AND CENTRAL ASIA PRACTICE OF COUDERT
BROTHERS LLP.
COSPONSORED BY: DC BAR
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION
CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL
TRADE POLICY, 2/15/05
FEATURING:
MICHAEL ANDERSON, US INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION;
VIJI RANGASWAMI, CARNEGIE
ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATION PEACE;
LISA
SCHROETER, THE DOW CHEMICAL
COMPANY
CO-SPONSORED BY: GWU ELLIOTT SCHOOL
OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
OF US TRADE POLICY:
A DIALOGUE WITH CHAIRMAN
PHILIP CRANE, 2/10/05
FORMER
CHAIRMAN Philip CRANE, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE
2005 CONGRESSIONAL TRADE
AGENDA, 1/26/05
FEATURING: EVERETT
EISSENSTATT, SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE;
BRIAN POMPER, SENATE FINANCE
COMMITTEE
ANGELA ELLARD, HOUSE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE;
TIM REIF, HOUSE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE
TSUNAMI REACH, HOUSING
RELIEF EFFORT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING,
1/6/05
FEATURING DONALD STEVENS,
PRESIDENT, STUCC ON STEEL BUILDING
SYSTEMS
ANNUAL MEETING OF WITA MEMBERS; THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, 12/9/04
DOING BUSINESS OVERSEAS?
UNCLE SAM CAN HELP! PART 3:
USCS GLOBAL
TRADE PROGRAMS AND THE EXPORT/IMPORT BANK,
11/18/04
Timothy THOMPSON, Jr.,
Global Trade Promotion, US Dept. of
Commerce
and Cheryl CONLIN, Senior Business
Development Mananger, Export/Import Bank of the
United States
SAFE HARBOR OR ROCKY SHOAL?
THE SAFE HARBOR PROPOSAL AND EXPORT
ENFORCEMENT, 11/16/04
FEATURING:
PETER LICHTENBAUM ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, BUREAU OF
INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OKTOBERFEST NETWORKING
SOCIAL, 11/16/04
FEATURING PETER
BERZ, FIRST SECRETARY (TRADE) OF THE DELEGATION
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
CSR: THE INTERSECTION OF
TRADE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,
10/19/04
SUSAN AARONSON, KENAN
INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON;
RICHARD FEINBERG,
THE GAP;
IVAN VIERA, RUSSELL
CORPORATION
MODERATED BY: VIJI RANGASWAMI,
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS, MINORITY
STAFF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESPONDS
TO TERRORISM: HOW CAN SECURITY AND COMMERCE
COEXIST? 10/14/04
ROBERT PEREZ,
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY;
BONNI G.
TISCHLER, GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT PINKERTON;
BILL PRIMOSCH,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
MODDERATOR: DEAN C. ALEXANDER, ESQ.,
RESEARCH FELLOW, CHESAPEAKE
INNOVATION
BREAKFAST WITH AMBASSADOR
JOSETTE SHINER, 10/7/04
FEATURING:
Deputy USTR Josette SHINER
TRADE MARKERS: BUSH AND
KERRY TRADE PRIORITIES,
10/1/04
Deputy USTR JOSETTE SHINER,
USTR;
AND DR. LAEL BRAINARD, THE BROOKINGS
INSTITUTION
MODERATOR: ELIZABETH BECKER,
NEW YORK TIMES
BREAK ON THROUGH: AMBASSADOR
ALLEN JOHNSON ON THE AG BREAKTHROUGH AT GENEVA,
9/16/04
AMBASSADOR ALLEN JOHNSON
CHIEF AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATOR, USTR
THE EU PRESIDENCY, DOHA, AND
TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS,
9/11/04
THE HONORABLE KARIEN VAN
GENNIP, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE,
NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS
CLOTHES ON THE LINE: THE
WORLDWIDE COUNTDOWN TO 2005,
9/8/04
FAKRUL ASHAN, EMBASSY OF
BANGLADESH;
HAIYUN LIU, EMBASSY OF CHINA ;
MARIA BENNATON, EMBASSY OF HONDURAS;
and ASHRAF HAYAT, EMBASSY OF
PAKISTAN
DOING BUSINESS OVERSEAS?
UNCLE SAM CAN HELP! PART 2:
SBA'S
INTERNATIONAL TRADE OFFICE AND OPIC’S SMALL
BUSINESS CENTER, 8/11/2004
MANNY
ROSALES, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, SMALL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA);
JAMES GALE,
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, OPIC
BRUCE WILSON REVIEWS THE
WTO'S DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM,
8/6/04
S. BRUCE WILSON, DIRECTOR,
WTO LEGAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
CLOTHING OPTIONAL??? WHAT'S
ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT TEXTILES IN 2005?
07/22/04
ERIK AUTOR, VP,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COUNSEL OF NATIONAL RETAIL
FEDERATION (NRF);
AUGGIE TANTILLO,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING TRADE ACTION COALITION
(AMTAC)
Stephen BROSNAN, State Department
Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls.
MODERATOR: Stephanie LESTER, Vice
President, International Trade, Retail Industry
Leaders Association
The Role
of the Commerce Department
Stephen JACOBS,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Market Access
and Compliance, US Department of
Commerce
The Role
of the Agriculture Department
Gregg YOUNG,
Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of
Negotiations and Agreements, USDA
The Role
of U.S. Missions to the WTO and to the
EU
Chris WILSON, Deputy Assistant United
States Trade Representative, USTR