Featuring Nicolas Lockhart, Partner, Sidley; Robert McDougall, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Celso de Tarso Pereira, Minister Counsellor, Mission of Brazil to the WTO; Cherise Valles, Deputy Director, Advisory Centre on WTO Law; Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre; Jennifer Hillman, Professor from Practice, Georgetown Law Center; Amb. Alan Wolff, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization; Scott Andersen, Partner, Sidley; Simon Lester, Associate Director, Cato Institute ; Inu Manak, Visiting Scholar, Cato Institute; moderated by Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; James Bacchus, Adjunct Scholar, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Daniel J. Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
The Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies will host a conference at the Graduate Institute in Geneva entitled, “Trump’s Attack on the Trade Regime: A Search for Solutions.” Trade policy experts from Washington and Geneva will be brought together to share their insights on the Trump administration’s policy agenda, what is at stake in the current debates, and how countries might respond to growing uncertainty in the international trading system. Specifically, we will convene three discussion-style panels that addressed the Appellate Body Crisis, the Future of the World Trade Organization and the Current State of U.S. Trade Politics.
| 9:30 - 10:00AM | Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:15AM |
Registration Daniel J. Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| 10:15 - 11:45AM | Panel
I: The Appellate Body Crisis Nicolas Lockhart, Partner, Sidley Robert McDougall, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation Celso de Tarso Pereira, Minister Counsellor, Mission of Brazil to the WTO Cherise Valles, Deputy Director, Advisory Centre on WTO Law Moderator: Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute Download a summary of Panel 1 |
| 11:45AM - 12:00PM | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 1:30PM | Panel
II: The Future of the WTO Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre Jennifer Hillman, Professor from Practice, Georgetown Law Center Amb. Alan Wolff, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization Moderator: James Bacchus, Adjunct Scholar, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute Download a summary of Panel 2 |
| 1:30 - 2:30PM | Lunch |
| 2:30 - 4:00PM | Panel III: Current
State of U.S. Trade Politics Scott Andersen, Partner, Sidley James Bacchus, Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute Simon Lester, Associate Director, Cato Institute Inu Manak, Visiting Scholar, Cato Institute Moderator: Daniel J. Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute Download a podcast of Panel 3 |
| 4:00 - 6:30PM | Reception |