JUNE 15, 2023 | 1:30pm - 5pm ET
The National Press Club | WASHINGTON, DC
Please join us June 15, in Washington, DC, to hear U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai discuss the future of U.S. trade and industrial policy and America’s efforts to build a more secure and fair international system.
Ambassador Tai will build on National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s recent seminal speech on “Renewing American Economic Leadership.” In that talk, Sullivan charted a dramatic shift in U.S. thinking about how to use trade policy to promote a “new Washington consensus” that aims to “build capacity, to build resilience, to build inclusiveness, at home and with partners abroad.”
This new vision of trade builds on President Biden’s efforts to restore fair competition, reinvigorate U.S. manufacturing and technological innovation, defend American workers and small businesses, ensure the security and resiliency of supply chains, and promote sustainable, resilient, and inclusive trade policies worldwide.
We’ll also hear from Tim Wu, recent White House Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy, who led the Administration’s charge to make promoting fair competition in our economy a whole-of-government priority through the 2021 executive order.
Financial Times Global Business Columnist Rana Foroohar, an Open Markets board member who has written extensively on the future of trade and global economics, will also participate.
Cocktail reception to follow.
RUN OF SHOW
1:30 pm: Doors Open
1:45 pm: Welcoming Remarks
- Barry Lynn, Executive Director the Open Markets Institute
- Audrey Stienon, director of the Industrial Strategy Program at Open Markets
2:00 pm: Remarks from Ambassador Katherine Tai
2:30 pm: Discussion with Ambassador Katherine Tai moderated by Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar
2:55 pm: One-on-one conversation with Tim Wu
3:25 pm: Coffee break
3:35 pm: Panel Discussion: How Real is President Biden's Pivot on Trade? And What Might It Mean for America and the World?
- Sabeel Rahman, Associate professor of law Brooklyn Law School, former acting director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, author of Democracy Against Domination
- Josh Tzuker, Chief of Staff to the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter
- Cathy Feingold, Director of AFL-CIO's International Department and leading advocate on global workers’ rights issues
- Renaud Lassus, Executive Director of the Institute Jacque Delors and recent Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the French Embassy in the United States
4:30 pm: Panel discussion: Next Steps and Further Challenges on Supply Chain Security and Resilience
- Christopher Gopal, Global supply chain & operations engineer, professor of Data Sciences USC Marshall School, Member Defense Business Board, author of Breakthrough Supply Chains: How Companies and Nations Can Thrive in an Uncertain World
- Roy O. Houseman Jr., Legislative Director, United Steelworkers (USW)
- Rana Foroohar, author Homecoming, Global Business columnist at the Financial Times
5:15 pm: Cocktail Reception
