Past Events
The TradeExperettes, Women’s Foreign Policy Group, and the Embassy of Denmark cordially invite you to a timely discussion: National Security and the Supply Chain: Finding Economic Security in a Changing World, hosted by the Ambassador of Denmark to the U.S. The event will be held at the Ambassador’s residence, 3200 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 16. Check-in starts at 3:45 PM ET and the panel discussion begins at 4:00 PM, followed by a cocktail reception.
The TradeExperettes and the Embassy of Australia cordially invite you to an in-person event Balancing Industrial Policy and Global Trade Dynamics on Monday, April 22 at 4:00 PM ET to discuss this complex interplay between industrial policy and international trade in an increasingly interconnected world. The event will be hosted at the Embassy of Australia, located at 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC.
Australia's Ambassador to the United States, the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd,will deliver opening remarks. The panel discussion features a group of distinguished experts: Cecilia Malmstrom,nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former EU Commissioner for Trade, Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Economist and former World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, Timothy Keeler, partner of Mayer Brown, and will be moderated by Juliana Nam, Minister-Counsellor Trade at the Embassy of Australia. Tiffany Smith, Vice President of Global Trade Policy at the National Foreign Trade Council, will deliver closing remarks.
The WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) took place from 26 February to March 1, 2024 in Abu Dhabi. The stakes were high with many important issues on the agenda: Dispute settlement reform, fisheries subsidies, agriculture negotiations, investment facilitation, and extending the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions. What are the key takeaways and achievements of MC13? What are the remaining challenges? And what is the path moving forward?
“MC13: Were Meaningful Outcomes Delivered?” will feature opening remarks from Johanna Hill, WTO Deputy Director-General, followed by a panel featuring Tiffany Smith, Vice President, Global Trade Policy at the NFTC and Alice Tipping, Director, Trade and Sustainable Development at the IIISD, moderated by TradeExperettes Board Member and Advisor, Penny Naas.