Subnational Perspectives on U.S.-EU-Canada Trade Policy

Description

Although negotiations on U.S.-EU-Canada trade policy are held by Federal and supranational entities, the impact of trade policy changes will most directly be felt at subnational level: not only in terms of trade in goods and services, but also FDI and jobs creation. Since 2019, the Elliott School of International Affairs, most notably under its European Union "Jean-Monnet" Center of Excellence, has launched a program of workshops, executive courses, and data collection that explore subnational governance and diplomacy, primarily but not exclusively in the transatlantic sphere. On 5/20, our next hybrid workshop will aim to highlight U.S., European, and Canadian subnational perspectives on international trade policy (while recognizing that trade negotiations are still in flux and could yet yield positive results). This workshop is organized in partnership with the EU Delegation to the U.S. EU Ambassador Jovita Neliupsiene will headline the event with a concluding keynote. All participants in the workshop will have the opportunity to share their thoughts in some detail under Chatham House rules, by way of interactive roundtable discussions in lieu of conventional panels + Q&A formats.

Welcome and introduction (9:00-9:10)

• Dr. Erwan Lagadec, Director, EU Jean Monnet Center of Excellence & Transatlantic Program, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University 

• Presenter: Thibault L'Ortye, Senior Director of Public Affairs, American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmChamEU)
• Respondent: Yvonne Bendinger-Rothschild, Executive Director, European American Chamber of Commerce New York 
• Respondent: Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Senior Vice President, U.S. Council for International Business

• Presenter: Dr. William Burke-White, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

• Lapo Bechelli, EU Liaison Officer, Confindustria Piemonte, Confindustria Liguria, Confindustria Valle d'Aosta
• Katrien Leinders, Economic and Commercial Representative of Flanders, Consulate-General of Belgium in New York City
• Dr. Laurence Marquis, Adjunct Professor, Law School, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec

• Nicole Gunkle, Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness, Washington State Department of Commerce 
• Dale Medearis, Senior Regional Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
• Karla Orozco, Director of Foreign Direct Investment, World Business Chicago 
• Rachel Page, Deputy Director, Go Global North Carolina
• Christine Peterson, Director of International Trade and Investment, Office of Mayor Karen Bass, City of Los Angeles

• Amb. Nina Hachigian, former U.S. Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, Department of State; former Deputy Mayor of International Affairs, City of Los Angeles

• Dr. Michelle Egan, Professor, School of International Service, American University
• Laura Ballman, Vice President, Partnerships, Business Executives for National Security

• Amb. Jovita Neliupsiene, Ambassador of the EU to the U.S.