A Conversation with Six Former USTRs
Introduction by:
Dr. John Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS
Panel discussion with:
The Honorable Susan C. Schwab
Mayer Brown LLP; University of Maryland
The Honorable Charlene Barshefsky
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
The Honorable Michael Kantor
Mayer Brown LLP
The Honorable Carla A. Hills
Hills and Company
The Honorable Clayton Yeutter
Hogan Lovells LLP
The Honorable William E. Brock III
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator:
Meredith Broadbent
Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
Last year Congress approved three pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea with large bipartisan majorities. This year making progress in the the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and legislation to upgrade the terms of U.S. trade relations with Russia will be front and center for Congress and the Obama administration. Also on the table are the U.S.-EU High-Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth, the National Export Initiative (NEI), and possibly new sectoral or plurilateral trade proposals addressing services, trade facilitation and information technology products. This distinguished panel will offer important perspectives on managing the opportunities ahead.
