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Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company
Ms. Hills is chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, an international consulting firm providing advice to U.S. businesses on investment, trade, and risk assessment issues abroad, particularly in emerging market economies. As U.S. trade representative from 1989 to 1993, she was the President’s principal adviser on international trade policy as well as the nation’s chief trade negotiator, representing American interests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations throughout the world. Ms. Hills is actively involved with a number of organizations, serving as chair of the Inter American Dialogue and of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, co-chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, member of the Executive Committee of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and of the Trilateral Commission, and member of the board of the International Crisis Group, among others. She is based in Washington, DC.
Past Research Projects
June 12, 2009
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Watch National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers explain the Obama adminstration's short and long term actions to mitigate the financial crisis.
This session was part of the 2009 National Conference, which was underwritten by a grant in memory of Peter E. Haas.
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June 12, 2009
Audio
Listen to National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers explain the Obama administration's short and long term actions to mitigate the financial crisis.
This session was part of the 2009 National Conference, which was underwritten by a grant in memory of Peter E. Haas.
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June 12, 2009, New York
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National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers speaks at CFR about economic policy during the financial crisis.
This session was part of the 2009 National Conference which was underwritten by a grant in memory of Peter E. Haas.
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March 5, 2009
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Watch experts debate the benefits of global trade and how the current crisis will affect the international trading system.
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March 5, 2009
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Listen to experts debate the benefits of global trade and how the current crisis will affect the international trading system.
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March 5, 2009, New York
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A Council on Foreign Relations meeting on the current state and future prospects of international trade.
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October 10, 2007
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses recent trade agreements with Peru, Columbia, and Panama.
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October 9, 2007
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Listen to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss U.S.-Latin American relations, with specific regard to recent trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
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October 1, 2007
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Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs of India, discusses the future direction of India-U.S. Relations.
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October 1, 2007
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Watch Pranab Mukherjee, Indian minister of external affairs, discuss India's foreign policy approach in Asia and its growing security and trade relationship with the United States.
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October 1, 2007
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Listen to Pranab Mukherjee, Indian minister of external affairs, discuss India's foreign policy approach in Asia and its growing security and trade relationship with the United States.
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May 14, 2007
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Carla Hills and Dennis Blair, cochairs of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force Report entitled, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, discuss the report and U.S. policy toward China.
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May 14, 2007
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Carla Hills and Dennis Blair, cochairs of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force Report entitled, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, discuss the report and U.S. policy toward China with members of the press.
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May 14, 2007
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Watch Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, which they cochaired.
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May 14, 2007
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Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, summarize the findings of the Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report , U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
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May 14, 2007
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Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, which they cochaired.
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April 26, 2007
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
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April 10, 2007
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Task Force Chairs Dennis C. Blair and Carla A. Hills discuss the findings of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
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April 10, 2007
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Task Force Chairs Dennis C. Blair and Carla A. Hills brief the press on the findings of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
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April 10, 2007
News Release
Although China’s future is uncertain, “further integrating China into the global community offers the best hope of shaping China’s interests and conduct in accordance with international norms on security, trade and finance, and human rights, and encouraging collaboration to confront the challenges both countries face,” finds a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.- China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
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