Agenda

(All Times CT)

8:30 am – REGISTRATION

• Coffee and pastries provided

8:55 am – WELCOME

• Jill O’Donnell, Haggart-Work Director, Yeutter Institute

9:00 am – U.S. LEADERSHIP AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

• Andrea Durkin, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, WTO and Multilateral Affairs

9:40 am – NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION AND THE STATE OF TRADE

• David Gantz, Will Clayton Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Arizona
• Eric Miller, President, Rideau Potomac Strategy Group
• Kenneth Smith Ramos, Partner, AGON; Mexico’s Former Chief Negotiator for the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement
• Moderator: Ken Levinson, Executive Director, Washington International Trade Association

10:30 am – BREAK

10:45 am – WHAT DOES THE WAR IN UKRAINE MEAN FOR AGRICULTURE MARKETS AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY?

• Dalton Henry, Vice President of Trade Policy, U.S. Wheat Associates
• Jason Grant, W.G. Wysor Professor of Agriculture and Director of the Center for Agricultural Trade, Virginia Tech
• Yacob Zereyesus, Senior Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
• Moderator: Katrin Kuhlmann, Visiting Professor of Law, Faculty Co-Director, Center on Inclusive Trade and Development, Georgetown University Law Center

11:35 am – LUNCH

12:00 pm – UNDERSTANDING THE ASIA-PACIFIC: GEOPOLITICS, TRADE, AND INVESTMENT

• Ellen Frost, Senior Advisor and Fellow, East-West Center
• Christine McDaniel, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; Non-Resident Fellow, Yeutter Institute
• Wendong Zhang, Assistant Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
• Moderator: Jill O’Donnell, Haggart-Work Director, Yeutter Institute

12:50 pm – CONSENSUS AND ACCOMMODATION: WHERE ARE THE NEW FAULT LINES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE?

• Edward Alden, Ross Distinguished Professor, Western Washington University; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

1:30 pm – CLOSING