Commercial Diplomacy for U.S. Tech Exports
May 21, 2026 • 4:00 – 5:00 pm EDT
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Join us for an episode of Betting on America, recorded at the CSIS Futures Summit. Navin Girishankar moderates the panel "U.S. Commercial Diplomacy Through the Lens of the Private Sector," joined by Cynthia Conner, Senior Manager for International Policy at Chevron; Nicole Issac, Vice President of Global Public Policy at Cisco; and Katherine F. Pickus, Chief Sustainability Officer at ADM. They discuss where U.S. commercial interests and countries’ development goals come together, the constraints U.S. companies face in emerging markets, what effective commercial diplomacy looks like, and why getting this right matters.
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.
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- Joseph Lim
- Research Associate, Economic Security and Technology Department
- [email protected]
Cynthia Conner
Senior Manager for International Policy, Chevron
Katherine F. Pickus
Chief Sustainability Officer, ADM
Nicole Issac
Vice President of Global Public Policy, Cisco