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Former Trade Negotiators Discuss This Week’s Tariff and Trade Developments.
No one understands the dynamics with key U.S. trading partners better than the people who led these kinds 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.
On this week’s episode, former U.S. and global trade negotiators discuss the WTO and multilateralism, as U.S. trade policy shifts towards bilateral trade deals and countries seek to make the WTO fit for purpose in a changing trade landscape.
Featured Speakers:
Introduction: Kenneth Levinson, CEO, Washington International Trade Association
Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Senior Fellow, Bruegel; Former Director for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, European Commission; former Counselor, European Union Delegation to the United Nations; former Policy Officer, European Commission
Bruce Hirsh, Principal, Tailwind Global Strategies; and former Deputy Assistant USTR for WTO & Multilateral Affairs, among other positions he has held.
Maria Pagan, former Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the WTO; and Former Deputy General Counsel, Office U.S. Trade Representative, among other position’s she has held.
Dawn Shackleford, President at Looking Glass Trade, LLC; former Executive Director for Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Department of Commerce; former Assistant USTR for WTO & Multilateral Affairs
Moderator: Mark Linscott, Senior fellow, Atlantic Council; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative WTO and Multilateral, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, among other positions he’s held.