Charlene Barshefsky
Senior International Partner, WilmerHale; and Former U.S. Trade Representative
9:45-11:10 Panel Discussion: Chinese Participation in the WTO: Contributions and Challenges
Featuring:
Rufus Yerxa
President, National Foreign Trade Council
Claire Reade
Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter; and Senior Associate, CSIS
Yang Guohua
Professor of Law, Tsinghua University
Matthew Yeo
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Chad P. Bown
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
11:15-12:00 Keynote Address
Yi Xiaozhun
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization
Moderators
Scott Kennedy
Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies; and Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, CSIS
Wendy Cutler
Vice President and Managing Director, Washington Office, Asia Society Policy Institute
The 15th anniversary of China’s WTO entry marks a milestone in China’s engagement with the global economy. The WTO provides the best example of China's shift from being a ruletaker to a rulemaker. The speakers and panelists will use this occasion to assess the accomplishments and challenges of China’s WTO membership, analyze how China’s trading partners and the WTO itself have adapted to China’s growing involvement, and consider the possible future paths of the WTO and the multilateral trading system.
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