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Page Updated: March 19, 2008
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April 24 - The china price
The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Time & Place: This colloquium will run from 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC. Registration and continental breakfast will be available from 8:30 a.m.
Speakers: Alexandra Harney, author of The China Price will lead off, followed by Erik Autor of the National Retail Federation and John Frisbie from the U.S.-China Business Council.
Registration. Please see The China Price price and registration details.
2008 Transpired Events
April 15 — A Zhejiang Conversation
April 10 — The U.S.-Colombia FTA: The Stakes for U.S. Business.
April 2 — THE 2008 WASHINGTON FORUM of the Consumer Electronics Association. GBD was a Event Partner for this excellent partner and GBD Members were prepaid for the public sessions on April 2.
February 26 — DOHA, INDIA, AND THE ISSUES: An Indian Business View of the Doha Round Issues with Responses from Key U.S. Sectors.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were T.S. Vishwanath from the Confederation of Indian Industry, CII; Bob Vastine, Coalition of Service Industries; David Salmonsen, American Farm Bureau Federation; and John Meakem from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, NEMA.
February 7, 2008 — NAMA, THE WORLD & CHINA: Industrial Tariffs (and NTBs) in the Doha Round, an Update with a Look at the Role of China.
Speakers - The speakers ate this event were Meredith Broadbent from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Skip Jones from the U.S. Commerce Department, Carlos de Abreu of the Brazilian Embassy, and Frank Vargo from the National Association of Manufacturers.
December 20, 2007 — AND IF WE DISAGREE ...: China and the WTO Dispute System.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were Claire Reade, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Thomas R. Howell, Dewey & LeBoeuf; and Donald B. Cameron from Troutman and Troutman.
December 13, 2007 — THE AMBASSADOR'S DART BOARD: Responses to the Doha Round Rules Paper Published by Chairman Guillermo Valles Galmés.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were Tim Reif and Angela Ellard from the Democratic and Republic staffs of the House Committee on Ways and Means respectively, Alan Wm. Wolff of Dewey & LeBoeuf, and Linda Menghetti from the Emergency Committee for American Trade. John Magnus of TRADEWINS served as moderator.
November 15, 2007 — IMAGING DOHA: Outlook and Issues for the Doha Round At the End of Its Sixth Year.
Speakers — The speakers were Carlos de Abreu from the Brazilian Embassy, Doug Goudie of the National Association of Manufacturers, Mary Irace from the National Foreign Trade Council, Elizabeth Ward of the Australian Embassy, Christopher Wenk from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Nikolaos Zaimis from the Delegation of the European Commission. Christopher Parlin of Miller and Chevalier served as moderator for this discussion.
November 7, 2007 — Capitals Raising the Stakes at the WTO: Perspectives in the Wake of the Internet Gambling Case and the Current Compensation Discussions..
Speakers — The speakers at this session were Lode Van den Hende from the Brussels law firm of Herbert Smith and Brian Pomper of Parven Pomper Schuyler Inc. Naotaka Matsukata of Alston & Bird served as moderator for this discussion.
October 5, 2007 — Capitals and the Global Economic Commons. This was a GBD organized panel at the 2007 WTO Public Forum, held on October 4 and 5 in Geneva. Further details are available on the WTO's website, www.wto.org.
Speakers — The speakers were Christopher Wenk from the National Association of Manufacturers and Christopher Parlin of Miller and Chevalier, with R. K. Morris of the Global Business Dialogue serving as moderator.
September 28 — Trade and the Constitution: A Fresh Look. This "off the record," Friday afternoon, GBD colloquium was held at the National Press Club.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were Grant Aldonas from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Split Rock International; Tim Reif, Staff Director of the Trade Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means; and Warren Maruyama, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
July 27 — THE ITA AT 10. This was a special briefing breakfast on the Information Technology Agreement for GBD members and interested officials, held at the National Press Club.
Speakers - The speakers were Ann Rollins of the Information Technology Industry Council and Joe Tasker of the Information Technology Association of America.
July 26 — KORUS - The Plus Column. This colloquium on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was produced jointly by the Global Business Dialogue and the Korea Economic Institute and held at the National Press Club.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were The Honorable Karan Bhatia, then Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Selina Jackson, UPS; Nick Giordano, National Pork Producers Council; Laura Lane, Citigroup; and Joe Papovich, Recording Industry Association of America.
June 11 — Friends and Rivals: Foreign Investors in an Evolving China. This was a half-day seminar, including a luncheon address.
Speakers — The speakers at the morning session were Xiao Jinquan from Dacheng Law Firm in Beijing; Grant Aldonas of CSIS and Split Rock International, William Morin, Applied Materials; Tom Howell, Dewey Ballantine; and Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers. Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, the Treasury Department's Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue, gave the luncheon address.
April 25 — Quicker Pace, New Partners: FTAs In the Asia Pacific Region After April 1, 2007. This event was a joint project between the Global Business Dialogue and Keidanren USA.
Speakers — The speakers at this event were Jeffrey Schott of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, John Foarde, former Staff Director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Murray Hiebert of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Sourabh Gupta of Samuels International Associates, Inc.
March 16 — KORUS, from Demands to Agreement: The Status and Outlook for the Korea-US FTA. This was a Partnership Colloquium with the Korea Economic Institute.
Speakers — The speakers at this session were Wendy Cutler, Chief Negotiator for the Korea-US FTA (KORUS) Negotiations, and Seok Young Choi, the Minister for Economic Affairs and Trade at the Korean Embassy in Washington. They were introduced, respectively, by Troy Stangarone of the Korea Economic Institute and by Richard O. Cunningham from the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson.
February 27 — Cross Border Beef: A Discussion of Beef and Global Trade.
Speakers — The speakers at this session were Gregg Doud of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, John Magnus from TradeWins, and Matthew McGrath of Barnes, Richardson, and Colburn.
February 15 — Eye of the Storm: Zeroing, WTO Disputes, and American Interests
Speakers — The speaker at this event were Kathleen Hatfield from the Office of Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), Lewis Leibowitz of Hogan and Hartson, and Brad Ward of Dewey Ballantine.
January 26 —Harnessing Synergies: The EU Trade Negotiations with India and South Korea.
Speakers — The speaker at this event was Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Director, DG Trade, at the EU Commission in Brussels.
January 8— The Promise of a New Year: American Trade Policy in 2007. This colloquium was a partnership event between the Global Business Dialogue and the Law Firm of Hogan and Hartson.
Speakers
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The speakers were
Demetrios Marantis of the Senate Finance
Committee and Tim Reif from the House Committee
on Ways and Means. Robert Kyle of Hogan was
the moderator.
2006 TRANSPIRED EVENTS
December 8 — Responses of the United States and Canada to the Economic Challenges Posed by China. This program was presented jointly by the Global Business Dialogue and the Canada-United States Law Institute with support from the law firms of Steptoe & Johnson and Kaye Scholer.
The speakers at this session, in order of appearance, were: Richard O Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson; Professor Amos Guiora, Case Western Reserve University; Donald Cameron, Kay Scholer; and Lawrence Herman, Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP in Toronto.
Also Perrin Beatty, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters; Jeffrey Gerrish, Skadden, Arps; William Lane, Caterpillar; and Peter Lichtenbaum, Steptoe & Johnson. The luncheon speaker was The Honorable Sergio Marchi, former Canadian Minister of International Trade and former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO. Mr. Marchi is currently a senior advisor to the Canadian law firm of Lang Michener in Toronto and President of the Canada-China Business Council.
November 14 ─ Fast Track: A Discussion of Imperatives, Possibilities, and Constraints in American Trade Policy. This program was sponsored jointly by the Global Business Dialogue and the National Foreign Trade Council with support from Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
The speakers at this event were Hal Shapiro (Miller & Chevalier), William Reinsch (National Foreign Trade Council), Gary Hufbauer (Peterson Institute for International Economics), and Anastasia Carayanides (Embassy of Australia).
November 6 ─ Getting The Best... A GBD Non-Public Seminar on employment policies and practices in the United States and China on the occasion of the visit to Washington of the Delegation from The South China Industries Group.
The speakers at this session were Charles Blum of the International Advisory Services Group and representatives from Korn Ferry International.
November 1 ─ Global Europe ─ Competing in the World A Discussion of the European Union's New Trade Policy .
Speakers ─ The speaker at this colloquium was Nikolaos Zaimis of the Delegation of the European Commission, with additional comments from Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers and from Rhian Chilcott of CBI (Confederation of British Industry). The focus was the new trade policy initiative announced by the EU Commission on October 4, 2006.
September 26 ─ Trade Rules and Living Standards: The Interplay of National Development Strategies and Global Rules.
This was a GBD organized panel at the WTO's 2006 Public Forum in Geneva. The panelists were T. S. Vishwanath, head of the International Trade Policy Division of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and Grant Aldonas, founder and Principal Managing Director of Split Rock International.
September 13 ─ Doha's Plan B: The Current Pause and Prospects for the WTO.
The speakers at this event were Brian Pomper, Chief International Trade Counsel for the Democratic Staff of the Senate Finance Committee; Peter Ferguson, Counselor (Trade and Economic) at the Embassy of New Zealand; Terence Stewart from the law firm of Stewart and Stewart; and Lewis Leibowitz of Hogan and Hartson.
July 27 ─ Poverty, August, and the DDA: Possible Consequences of a Possible Deal
The speakers at this event were L. Alan Winters, Director of the Development Research Group, The World Bank, Kimberly Ann Elliott from the Institute for International Economics and from the Center for Global Development; and Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers.
June 29 ─ Summer's Thin Ice: The Doha Round in July.
The event was a follow-up to GBD mid-June trip to Geneva. The speakers were Bill Lane of Caterpillar; Dr. J. Anthony Imler of Merck & Company, Inc., John Murphy from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Richard O. Cunningham of Steptoe & Johnson, and R. K. Morris of the Global Business Dialogue.
June 9 ─ REACH and Grasp: Almost There for the EU Chemicals Regulation.
This was a partnership program with AeA, the American Electronics Association. The speakers were Iren Borissova from the Delegation of the European Commission, Don Wright of the U.S. Commerce Department, Steven Russell from the American Chemistry Council, and James Lovegrove of AeA Europe.
May 11 ─ Three Challenges For The Korea-US FTA: Autos, Agriculture, and Investment. This was a partnership program sponsored by GBD and Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
The speakers at this event we Charles Uthus from the Automotive Trade Policy Council, Chris Garza of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and Greg Mastel from Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
April 19 – From Alliance to Partnership: Issues for the Korea-US FTA Negotiations.
The speakers at this colloquium were Wendy Cutler from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Minister Seok-young Choi, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; and Demetrios Marantis from the Democratic staff of the Senate Committee on Finance.
March 28 – Meeting the Modalities Deadlines: A Snapshot of the Market Access Negotiations for NAMA and Agricultural Products.
The speakers at this event were Meredith Broadbent, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Bryan Dierlam, House Agriculture Committee; Dr. Villur Seshadri, Embassy of India; and Mary Irace, National Foreign Trade Council.
February 21 -- THE G20 -- NATIONAL CONTEXTS
AND
GLOBAL (WTO) GOALS.
The speakers at this event were Tshediso Matona, Acting Director General in the Department of Trade and Industry, Republic of South Africa; Alex Foxley, Embassy of Chile; and Evandro de Sampaio Didonet, Embassy of Brazil, with introductory remarks by Dan O'Flaherty of the National Foreign Trade Council.
January 17 – Agriculture, Cotton, and The WTO: Global Politics and Local Businesses, a GBD colloquium in cooperation with Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
The speakers at this event were John Gilliland of Miller & Chevalier, Pietra Rivoli from Georgetown University, author of The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy, and Hayden Milberg of the staff of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2005 transpired events
December 15 IPR, The Next Issue: Biotech & Development.
The speakers at this were Iain Macvay of Steptoe & Johnson (
December 14 – Development Synergies: Trade Facilitation and
The speakers at this session were James Clawson of JBC International, Perrin Beatty from the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Jeannie Cameron of British American Tobacco, and Stephen Lande of Manchester Trade. This was the second of three colloquiums that GBD held in the NGO Section of the Hong Kong Convention Centre during the course of the WTO’s Sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (December 13-18).
December 13 – Barriers, Tariff and Non.
The speakers at this session were Franklin Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers, Kazuyuki Kinbara of Nippon Keidanren, William Lane from Caterpillar, Inc., and Dilip Chenoy from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. This was the first of three colloquiums that GBD held in the NGO Section of the Hong Kong Convention Centre during the course of the WTO’s Sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (December 13-18).
December 12 – A Pre-Ministerial Dinner for GBD Members Attending the Sixth WTO Ministerial Dinner in
The speaker at this event was The Honourable Mrs.
Anson Chan, GBM, KCMG, former Chief Secretary of
December 7 –
The speakers at this session were Ambassador Susan Schwab, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, B. J. Panda, Member of Parliament (Upper House), Government of India, Tarun Das of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and Tim Richards of General Electric.
November 22 – Security & U.S.-China Trade
The speakers at this event were Peter Lichtenbaum, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Adminstration; William Reinsch, President of the National Foreign Trade Council; and Bob Rarog of Sun Microsystems.
November 8 – Adjusting a Delicate Balance: Antidumping and the
This event, sponsored by Steptoe & Johnson, was moderated by Susan Esserman of Steptoe and Johnson. The speakers were Anders Ahnlid from the Government of Sweden, Timothy Rief from the Democratic staff of the Trade Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Laurin Baker of the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, and Richard O. Cunningham of Steptoe & Johnson.
November 4 – The Byrd Amendment and The Search for Compliance.
The speakers at this event were Angela Ellard from the Trade Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Republican staff; Claude Carriere, Canadian Embassy; James C. Hecht, Skadden Arps; Andrew Kentz; Dewey Ballantine; and Lewis Leibowitz, Hogan and Hartson.
October 11 – Trade Facilitation and the
The speakers at this event were Matthew Rohde from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
David Wakeford on behalf of the Trade Facilitation Alliance,
S. V. Divvaakar of ACE Global in
September 20 – Japanese Business & The Doha Round – A breakfast discussion between GBD members of a special delegation from Nippon Keidanren – Japanese Business Federation. The Japanese delegation was focused on the Doha Round and headed for talks in
September 16 – American Credit and Bankruptcy Laws, a non-public GBD seminar for a Delegation from the People’s Republic of
September 8 – The Katrina Crisis: Business Impacts and Responses.
The speakers at this colloquium were Mark Grayson of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, Gary Blumenthal of World Perspectives (on the effects on trade in grain), Angela Hofmann of Wal-Mart, Peter Ehrenhaft of Miller & Chevalier, and Adam Parr of the Steel Manufacturers Association.
August 11 – More Than Tourists: Cross Investment in the U.S.-China Relationship
The speakers at this session included Mayor Liu Bingguo of Penglai, China, (former) Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Grant Aldonas, Ronald Lee of Arnold and Porter, Stephen Collins of the Automotive Trade Policy Council, and Kristen Verderama of BT Americas for the Organization for International Investment.
Congressman James Moran (D VA) gave the luncheon address on the topic America and China: Building for the Future.
July 7 – Agriculture and FTA’s.
The speakers at this event were Christopher Padilla, USTR; Nick Giordano, National Pork Producers Council; and John Gilliland, Miller & Chevalier, with introductory remarks by R. Scott Miller of Procter & Gamble. This event was part of the GBD-Miller & Chevalier series on FTA’s.
June 23 – The Shifting Sands of Sugar: The EU’s Proposal for Sugar Reform.
The speakers at this event were Jean-Marc Trarieux, Delegation of the Commission of the European Union; Don Phillips of the American Sugar Alliance; Fran Freeman, Embassy of Australia; and Paul Ryberg for the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate.
This colloquium was sponsored jointly by GBD and the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC).
The speakers were Ms. Meredith Broadbent from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Dr. Villurs Seshadri from the Embassy of India, Ms. Mary Irace of the NFTC, and Ms. Shawn Jarosz of International Trade Services Corporation, who presented an NFTC report.
April 26, 2005 – The Dragon Goes Shopping: A Look At China’s Imports.
This colloquium included presentations by C. Donald Brasher, Jr., president of Global Trade Information Systems, Inc., and by Charles Blum, president of International Advisory Services, Inc. The power point presentation given by Mr. Brasher at this event is available on the GBD website under Trade Topics.
April 15 – Waiting for Offers: The WTO Services Negotiations.
The speakers at this colloquium, part of the GBD-NFTC WTO series, were Christine Bliss from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, William Reinsch of the National Foreign Trade Council, and Robert Vastine from the Coalition of Service Industries.
April 13 –
This colloquium was sponsored jointly by GBD, the Confederation of Indian Industry, and the National Association of Manufacturers.
The principal speaker was The Honorable S. N. Menon, who is the Commerce Secretary of
April 6 – A GBD-NAM Dinner for Senior Canadian Trade Officials.
April 6 – A GBD Patrons and Sponsors lunch with a Senior Official from the Embassy of
March 4 – GBD Patrons and Sponsors Lunch
with Senior Officials from the Canadian Embassy
in
February 28 –
Jointly sponsored by the Global Business Dialogue and the National Foreign Trade Council, the focus of this event was the report on The Future of the WTO, which was commissioned by the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi. The speakers were Professor John H. Jackson of the Georgetown University Law Center, who was a member of the Consultative Board that wrote the report; Anastasia Carayanides of the Australian Embassy; and Richard O. Cunningham of the Law Firm of Steptoe & Johnson.
February 1 –
The speakers at this event were Janice Jacobs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; Lora Ries, Policy Director for Immigration, Department of Homeland Security; William Reinsch, President of the National Foreign Trade Council; Viji Rangaswami, Associate, Trade Equity and Development Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Randall Hulme of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernson and Loewy.
January 6 – The Tsunami Crisis and Global Business.
The speakers at this event were Vikram Misri, Embassy of India; Harry Purwanto, Embassy of Indonesia; and Ambassador Lauren Moriarty, U.S. Department of State.
2004 TRANSPIRED EVENTS
December 9 – Trade In The Pacific – FTA’s And Other Options.
The speakers at this event were Monica Whaley from the
November 9 – DR CAFTA and the 109th Congress.
The speakers at this event were Angela Marshall Hofmann of Wal-Mart, Maria Bennatton Regaldo from the Embassy of Honduras, David Malech with the office of Represenative Kevin Brady (Republican of Texas), and Tim Reif from the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
October 20 – Services and the WTO, A Conversation with Alejandro Jara.
The sole speaker at this event was
October 6 – NGO’s And The WTO: Who’s Who And What’s What In The Global Trade Debate.
This event was a joint project with the European Policy Forum in London. The speakers were Bernard Kuiten of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Christopher Padilla from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Jeremy Hobbs of Oxfam International (UK), Greg Rushford of The Rushford Report, Alan Oxley from ITS Global in Melbourne, Australia, and Frank Vibert of the European Policy Forum.
September 21—Between Ministerials: The WTO From Cancún (2003) To Hong Kong (2005).
This was a luncheon address to the GBD Annual General Meeting by His Excellency Tim Groser. Ambassador Groser is the New Zealand Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the chairman of the WTO Committee on Agriculture in Special Session.
September 21 – Global Business and Global Regulations. This was a morning panel discussion in connection with the GBD Annual General Meeting.
The speakers were David Wofford of the World Bank – International Finance Corporation, Jeannie Cameron of British American Tobacco, Sushan Demirjian of the American Chemistry Council, and Doral Cooper of C&M International.
September 9 – Capacity Building and Global Trade
The speakers at this event were Mary Estelle Ryckman, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Shara Aranoff, Senate Finance Committee Democratic staff; and R. Scott Miller of Procter & Gamble.
July 20 – WTO Decision Time On The Singapore Issues (With An Overview of the Oshima Text).
The speakers at this event were Stephen Jacobs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Agreements and Compliance; Dr. Seong-Bong Lee, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy; and Nancy Zucker Boswell, Transparency International.
July 15 – DDA: Cotton Candy (Sugar) & Compromise: Commodities In The Doha Round, Two Examples.
The speakers were Marcia Abreu Donner from the Embassy of Brazil, Jean-Marc Trarieux of the EU Delegation, Don Phillips of the American Sugar Alliance, and John Magnus of Dewey Ballantine.
July 13 – Democrats And FTA’S – Australia, Morocco, CAFTA, and Beyond.
The speaker was Senator Max Baucus of Montana, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.
June 8 – Japanese Business and the Doha Round.
The speaker was Koichi Danno, Chairman of the Nippon Keidanren Subcommittee on Trade and Investment Policy. The text of his presentation on June 8 is available on this site by clicking here at Danno Speech.
May 18 – Blueprint for a Green Negotiation – Agriculture in the Doha Round
The speakers at this event were Jean-Marc Trarieux, EU Delegation in Washington; Craig Thorn, DTB Associates; Marcia Donner Abreu, Brazilian Embassy; Jean François Boittin of the French Embassy; and Marietta Bernot of International Trade Services Corporation for Mars, Inc.
May 5 – Perspectives on an Enlarged Europe: Trade and the EU of 25
The speakers at this colloquium were Françoise Le Bail, Director for General Affairs and Trade Relations with Candidate Countries, Russia, CIS, and the Balkans, in DG Trade of the European Commission; Her Excellency Eva Nowotny¸ the Austrian Ambassador to the United States; Eric Stewart, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe; and Dr. Henryka Bochniarz, president of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers. Dr. Bochniarz was speaking for UNICE, the EU’s major umbrella business organization.
April 30 – AGOA 2004: Keeping Trade & Investment with Africa on Track.
The speakers at this event were Angela Ellard, Staff Director and Counsel to the Subcommittee on Trade of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Florizelle Liser, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
April 27 – All Too High (Barriers): Tariffs and NTB’s in the Doha Round
The speakers at this event were Meredith Broadbent from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Sushan Demirjian, American Chemistry Council; and William Reinsch of the National Foreign Trade Council.
April 21 – Indian Business and the Global Economy.
The speakers at this event were Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Anand Mahindra, President of the Confederation of Indian Industry; Susan Esserman, Steptoe & Johnson; Tarun Das, the Director-General of the Confederation of Indian Industry; Arun Maira, Chairman, the Boston Consulting Group (India) Ltd; T. N. Ninan, Editor and Publisher, the Business Standard; V. Srinivasan, Chairman of W.S. Industries; and Stephen J. Collins, President of the Automotive Trade Policy Council.
April 14 – Let’s Talk Semiconductors: Background to the First WTO Case Against China.
The Speakers at this event were Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Institute for International Economics; Kevin Dempsey, Dewey Ballantine and the Semiconductor Industry Association; Rupert Hammond-Chambers, the US-Taiwan Business Council, and a Democratic Congressional Staff Expert speaking on background.
March 18 – White Water on The Trade River – Agreements, Negotiations, and the 2004 U.S. Election.
Speakers at this event included Christopher Padilla, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative;
Janet Nuzum, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley (D CA);
Ted Alden, the Financial Times; and Greg Mastel, Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
March 5 – The European Union and FTA’s
The speaker at this GBD lunch was Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg, Director, DG Trade, at the EU Commission in Brussels. A press release with highlights from Mr. Falkenberg’s presentation is available here, PR04-01.
February 12 – Valuing the Relationship: The Yuan (RMB) and U.S. China Trade.
The speakers at this session were Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers, Nicholas Lardy from the Institute of International Economics, and Wayne Morrison from the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
January 29 – Doha Round Update: The January Thaw and Beyond with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Dorothy Dwoskin.
2003 transpired events
December 12 – Conflict, Commerce, and Politics: Managing and Using the WTO Dispute Settlement System.
The speakers at this concluding GBD colloquium for 2003 were Ignacio Garcia Becero, Head of Unit for Dispute Settlement at the EU Commission in Brussels (DG Trade) and Tim Reif, Chief Democratic Trade Counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means.
December 4 – Agriculture without a Net: When the Peace Clause Expires
This colloquium, the first in a two-part series, was sponsored by Dewey Ballantine LLP. Each of the speakers examined different aspects of the likely, December 31 expiration of the peace clause – a Uruguay Round agreement not to file certain kinds of anti-subsidy cases. The speakers were John Magnus, Dewey Ballantine LLP; Matt O’Mara, staff of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Leonard Condon, Altria; and Ann Tutwiler of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council.
December 2 – FTA’s & The Global Trading System
This was the fourth and final colloquium in GBD’s 2003 series on FTAs, sponsored by Miller & Chevalier Chartered and others. Speakers at the morning panel were Everett Eissenstat, Senate Finance Committee (Republican Staff); Tim Reif, House Ways and Means Committee (Democratic Staff); Nick Giordano, National Pork Producers’ Council; and Frank Vargo, National Association of Manufacturers. The luncheon speaker was The Honorable Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.
November 20 – Corporate Identities and Relationships.
This was a non-public session with executives from the China Petrochemical Corporation and representatives of leading Chinese publications. Speakers included experts on corporate social responsibility, business-press relations, and other topics.
November 18 – FTA’s: Applicants in the Wings
This was the third in GBD’s four-part series on free-trade agreements. The speakers were Ralph Ives from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Joseph Massey of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; His Excellency Hugo JM. Guiliani Cury, Ambassador from the Dominican Republic; Minister Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Royal Thai Embassy; Mr. Nasser M. Y. Belooshi, Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain; David Walker, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of New Zealand; and James Wu, Taiwan Representative Office in Washington. This program was moderated by Greg Mastel from the law firm of Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
October 22 – A GBD Members’ Lunch
... with Mr. Francis Ho, Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology, Government of Hong Kong.
October 14 – Fit or Misfit: A US-Australian FTA.
This was the second in GBD’s four-part series on FTA’s. The speakers were Jan Adams of the Embassy of Australia; Tim Punke, Senate Finance Committee; William Lane, Caterpillar; and Chandler Keys, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
September 26 – After Act 1: An Assessment of the Cancun, Ministerial.
This was the last in the 2003 GBD’s series on WTO Issues co-sponsored by the National Foreign Trade Council. The speakers were Christopher Padilla of USTR; William Reinsch from the National Foreign Trade Council, and Hector Marquez Solis of the Mexican Embassy in Washington.
September 24 – Next: CAFTA
This was the first in GBD’s four part series on FTA. The speakers were Regina Vargo of USTR, Mary Ryckman of USTR, Thea Lea from the AFL-CIO, and Stephen Lamar of the American Apparel and Footwear Association.
September 22 – Press Regulation in China and America.
This non-public GBD was provided an opportunity for an exchange of views between members of a delegation from the State Press and Publication Administration of China and selected GBD members and guests.
September 13 – Rules and Competition.
This was a GBD program at the WTO’s NGO Center in Cancún, Mexico. The speakers were Maureen Smith for the American Forest and Paper Association; Gary Horlick of the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering; and Alan Wolff from the law firm of Dewey Ballantine.
September 12 – Agriculture, Science and IPR.
A GBD Cancun program with remarks by Congressman Cal Dooley (Democrat of California); Sarah Thorn, Grocery Manufacturers of America; and Hugh Corbet of the Cordell Hull Institute. This program, understandably, focused on the then recently released G21 paper on agriculture in the WTO.
September 11 – Tariffs and Facilitation.
A GBD Cancun program featuring remarks by Frank Vargo of the National Association of Manufacturers and Ernest Preeg of the Manufacturers Institute.
September 10 – Development and Investment.
This was a GBD Cancun program with contributions from Luis de la Calle, Public Strategies (Mexico); Ambassador Koji Watanabe, Nippon Keidanren; and T. K. Bhaumik of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
September 3 – Goals for the Cancún Ministerial.
The speakers on this program were The Honorable Peter Allgeier from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and R. Scott Miller of Procter & Gamble and U.S. Trade.
August 5 – No Escape: Implications of the Steel Escape Clause Case.
This colloquium, broadcast by C-Span, considered, among other things, what President Bush will do with the special safeguards tariffs on steel that were imposed in March 2002. On September 20, the President will receive an interim report from the International Trade Commission on the operation of these tariffs, including reports on their effects on the U.S. steel industry and on the steel consuming industries in the United States. Thereafter he will need to decide hether to reduce, modify, or eliminate these tariffs or to retain them in their current form until March 2005. Panelists also considered the implications of this case for the trading system. The speakers were Mitchell Hecht of the International Steel Group; Lewis Leibowitz, Hogan and Hartson; Richard O. Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson; and Thomas Howell, Dewey Ballantine.
July 28 – Agriculture Inside & Out: CAP Reform, the U.S. Farm Bill, and the WTO
This colloquium was a public conversation with Franz Fischler, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Fisheries. It was produced in cooperation with the Washington International Trade Association.
July 24 – Pilgrims (WTO) Progress: Meeting in Montréal; Decisions in Cancún.
The speakers at this event were The Honourable Jim Sutton, New Zealand Minister of Agriculture; Rep. Cal Dooley (D. CA); and William Crosbie, Canadian Embassy (Washington).
July 14 – Product Literature: Standards, Regulations, and the Global Trading System.
The speakers at this event were Dr. Nam Sang-yirl of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy in Seoul, Lawrence Kogan of the National Foreign Trade Council, James O’Connor of the American Chemistry Council, and Iren Borissova from the EU Delegation in Washington.
June 26 – Partnership for a Great Purpose: the European Union, the United States, and the WTO,
... a luncheon address by Pascal Lamy, the EU Commissioner for Trade.
June 12 – Beyond the Barriers: Market Access Negotiations in the WTO and Indian Industry and the WTO.
This was a colloquium in two parts. The first part was a panel discussion on market access with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Stephen Jacobs; the president of the Automotive Trade Policy Council, Stephen Collins; and the Managing Director (International) Public Strategies, Maureen Smith. The second element was a discussion of Indian Industry and the WTO, which featured comments by Gautam Thapar, Chairman of the Northern Region of India for the Confederation of Indian Industry and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Ballarpur Industries Ltd.
May 15 – Decisions Deferred – Two Singapore Issues: Investment and Trade Facilitation.
The speakers on investment at this session were James Mendenhall from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Petros Sourmelis from the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington; and Seong Bong Lee of the Korean Institute of International Economic Policy in Seoul. Melissa Haslam from JBC International and Global Alliance for Trade Efficiency spoke on Trade Facilitation.
April 23 – Agriculture Development and Deadlines: Perspectives on the Agriculture Component of the Doha Development Agenda.
The speakers at this event were Gerard Kiely, EU Commission Delegation; Janet Nuzum, Office of Rep. Cal Dooley; James Murphy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and Sidney Weintraub, CSIS.
April 16 - Trade and Transparency: Processing the Information of Trade Negotiations
This event addressed how the information needs of various parties are balanced and met: Negotiators, Members of Congress, and other Political Leaders, Cleared Advisors, Business Traders and Investors, Press and the Public. The speakers were The Honorable Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary for International Trade, Department of Commerce; and Christopher Padilla, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison.
March 27 – Nobody Likes The Rules: Trade Remedies, The WTO, and the Cancún Ministerial.
The speakers at this event were William Reinsch of the National Foreign Trade Council, Kazuo Yuhara, and Michael Castellano.
March 5 – Next Step: Implementing the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
There were two VIP luncheon speakers at this session: Congressman William Jefferson (Democrat of Louisiana) and Chile’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Andrés Bianchi. To read the full text of Ambassador Bianchi speech, please click here on Ambassador’s Speech.
This event was jointly sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Global Business Dialogue. Speakers at the morning session included: Bill Lane of Caterpillar, Sue Cronin from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Laura Lane of AFL-Time Warner, Scott Otteman of NAM, Selina Jackson of UPS, Tim Richards of General Electric, Gregg Doud from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and representatives from the Republican and Democratic staffs of the House Ways and Means Committee.
February 13 – The Byrd Amendment, What’s Next?
This colloquium featured presentations by Lewis Leibowitz of Hogan and Hartson; Terence Stewart of Stewart & Stewart; Paul Bailey, Canadian Embassy; Petros Sourmelis from the EU Delegation in Washington, and representatives from the office of Senator Robert Byrd (D W.VA) and the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee.
January 14 - Sergio Marchi.
In this first event of 2003, the Global Business Dialogue and the Washington International Trade Association jointly hosted Canada’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Sergio Marchi. The program was entitled 2003-A High Stakes Year For The WTO And The Doha Development Agenda. Ambassador Marchi spoke in his capacity as chairman of the General Council of the World Trade Organization.
January 15 – Singapore.
Her Excellency Chan Heng Chee, the Ambassador from the Republic of Singapore discussed the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement at this first-of the-year lunch for GBD Members.