The Russian Economy and U.S.-Russia Relations
On Friday April 15th, 2011, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) along with the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), and the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow hosted a major event at PIIE entitled, “The Russian Economy and US-Russia Relations.” The event featured such notable speakers at Alexei Kudrin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Michael A. McFaul, Senior Director of the National Security Council. The event provided an update and suggestions for policy makers and the public on the prospects for Russia’s Possible accession to the WTO later this year and what the significance would be for the Russian Economy, the future of US-Russian economic ties, and its implications for the broader bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Russia.
Conference panels included: The Russian Economy and Trade, the Outlook for Russia’s Economy, Permanent Normal Trade Relations for Russia, the implications and success of the “reset” in U.S.-Russia relations, and a roundtable of CEO from major companies doing business in Russia. This conference marked a major achievement for CSIS, PIIE, and the NES for their ongoing collaboration in the Russia Balance Sheet Project.
Previous collaboration in the Russia Balance Sheet project has resulted in two well respected publications, Russia After the Global Economic Crisis (2010) and The Russia Balance Sheet (2008).
For more information about the conference, about the Russia Balance Sheet Project, and the activities of the Russia Eurasia Program at CSIS, please visit our website http://csis.org/program/russia-and-eurasia-program or join us on Facebook and Twitter.”
Conference Agenda
Keynote 1:
Keynote speech by Alexei Kudrin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
of the Russian Federation
Chair: C. Fred Bergsten
Panel 1: The Outlook for Russia’s Economy
Chair: Anders Åslund
Speakers:
Alexei Ulyukaev, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Professor Sergei Guriev, President, New Economic School
Professor Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Institute of World Economy
and International Relations
Panel 2: Permanent Normal Trade Relations for Russia
Chair: C. Fred Bergsten
Presentation of PNTR for Russia report
Anders Åslund and Gary Hufbauer, Senior Fellows, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Speakers:
Ed Verona, President, US-Russia Business Council
Stanislav Voskresensky, Deputy Minister of Economic Development
Keynote 2:
Investment Climate in Russia: What Does Reset Entail and Has It Brought Success?
Keynote speech by Mike McFaul, Senior Director of the National Security Council
Chair: Andrew Kuchins, director, CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program
Panel 3: US-Russia CEO Roundtable
Chair: John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
Speakers:
Sam Allen, CEO and Chairman, Deere & Co
Victor Vekselberg, CEO and Chairman, Renova
Denis Morozov, former CEO, Norilsk Nickel and Uralkali
Vladimir Dmitriev, CEO, VEB
Clay Lowery, Vice President, CISCO
Keynote 3:
Robert Hormats, under secretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs, delivers concluding remarks.
Chair: C. Fred Bergsten
