WITA’s Friday Exchange: Former Trade Negotiators Discuss This Week’s Tariff and Trade Developments

07/17/2025

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WITA

Former Trade Negotiators Discuss This Week’s Tariff and Trade Developments with the EU, Brazil, Canada and Mexico

No one understands the dynamics with key U.S. trading partners better than the people who led these kind of difficult trade negotiations for the United States. Panelists will update our viewers on the trade policy announcements, what remains undone; and what are expected next steps in these trade negotiations.

Featured Speakers

Introduction: Ken Levinson, CEO, Washington International Trade Association

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; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Chief International Trade Counsel, United States Senate

Kellie Meiman, Senior Counselor, McLarty Associates; former Director for Brazil and the Southern Cone, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 

Daniel Mullaney, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Moderator: Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative