Charlene Barshefsky

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Speakers:	Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Former U.S. Trade Representative (1997-2001) Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics William R. Cline, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics; Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Author, Trade Poilcy and Global Poverty Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics and Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University
Presider:	James F. Hoge Jr., Peter G. Peterson Chair & Editor, Foreign Affairs

Author:	Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Authors:	Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP James T. Hill, President, The JT Hill Group, Inc.

“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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Task Force Report

May 2008

U.S.-Latin America Relations

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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Transcript

May 14, 2008

U.S.-Latin America Relations: Report of an Independent Task Force (Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

Speakers:	Charlene Barshefsky, Task Force Co-Chair and Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Llp, Former U.S. Trade Representative General James T. Hill (Ret.), Task Force Co-Chair, Former Commander, U.S. Southern Command, and President, The Jt Hill Group, Inc. Shannon K. O'Neil, Task Force Director and Fellow for Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider:	Karen J. DeYoung, Associate Editor and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, The Washington Post

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March 6, 2008

The Current Financial Challenges: Policy and Regulatory Implications [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

Speaker:	Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Introductory Speaker:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider:	Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP

Transcript

Panels discuss the current financial challenges.

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March 10, 2005

U.S. Priorities in Trade

Transcript

January 12, 2004

Former U.S. Trade Representatives

Speakers:	Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001 Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989-1993 Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993-1997
Presider:	Louis V. Gerstner, Former Chairman, IBM Corporation

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October 19, 1999

Barshefsky Question and Answer—October 19, 1999

Speakers:	Alan H. McGowan, Syracuse University Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News and World Report

Transcript

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Video

January 12, 2004

Former U.S. Trade Representatives (video)

Speakers:	Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP; 1993 - 1997 Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989 - 1993 Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001
Presider:	Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Former Chairman, IBM Corporation

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