Prices and Registration:
WITA Member: $100
Non-WITA Member: $200
Free for Embassy, Ministry, and Government Officials from All Countries
(Must register with official government email)
Free for Full Time Students (Must register with university emails)
For group rates (3 or more ticket purchases), email Diego Añez (danez@wita.org) to receive a special rate.
Program Agenda and Speakers
9:00 AM ET: Making the Case: Tariffs and the Economic Impacts
Nova Daly, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP; former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Investment Security & Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Affairs
Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets, Progressive Policy Institute; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Christine McDaniel, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Non-resident Fellow, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; former Senior International Trade Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, The White House
Michael Stumo, CEO, Coalition for a Prosperous America
Moderator: David Lynch, Global Economics Correspondent, The Washington Post
9:55 AM ET: Tariff and Trade Law Primer: The Legal Basis for Tariffs and Oversight
Kathleen Claussen, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; former Associate General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
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
Sally Laing, Partner, Akin; former Chief International Trade Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance
Moderator: Neena Shenai, Partner, International Trade Investment and Market Access, WilmerHale; former Trade Counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means
10:45 AM ET: Global Responses: Negotiation, Retaliation, Multilateral Trade
Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, D.C. Office; former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Non-resident fellow, Bruegel; former Director, Directorate for Trade at the European Commission
Kenneth Smith Ramos, Partner, Agon; formerly Mexico’s Chief Negotiator for the USMCA, Office of the Secretariat of the Economy
Steve Verheul, Principal, GT&Co Executive Advisors; former Special Advisor, Trade Policy, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Finance
Moderator: Kate Kalutkiewicz, Senior Managing Director, McLarty Associates; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Trade, National Economic Council; former Director for European Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
11:35 AM ET: Sectoral Impacts: What it May Mean for Farmers, Consumers and Firms
Edward Balistreri, Duane Acklie Chair and Professor of Economics, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kevin Dempsey, President and CEO, American Iron and Steel Institute
Stacy Ettinger, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Trade, Solar Energy Industries Association
Jon Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail Federation
Steve Lamar, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)
Moderator: Thomas Beline, Partner, Cassidy Levy Kent; former Office of the Chief Counsel for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce
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