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Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Ambassador Barshefsky is senior international partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She joined the firm after serving as the US Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, and acting and deputy USTR from 1993 to 1996. As the USTR and a member of the President’s Cabinet, she was responsible for the negotiation of hundreds of complex agreements, including China’s WTO Agreement, as well as global agreements in financial services, telecommunications, and intellectual property rights. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of American Express Company, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Intel Corporation and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and is a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is based in Washington, DC.
May 20, 2008
Op-Ed
Miami Herald
“With the hemisphere far more integrated than most appreciate, U.S.-Latin American relations demand special attention,” say Charlene Barshefsky and James T. Hill—co-chairs of the Latin America Task Force.
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May 2008
Task Force Report No. 60
Task Force Report
This report recommends reframing U.S. policy around four critical areas—poverty and inequality, public security, migration, and energy security—that are of immediate concern to Latin America’s governments and citizens. This report is also available in Spanish.
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May 14, 2008
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May 14, 2008
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