European Commission president José Manuel Barroso discusses the state of the European Union's economy since the economic crisis, as well as the geopolitical and geoeconomic factors that pose as challenges for the future.

The WTO's Pascal Lamy discusses global trade and the state of the international economy.

Listen to Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk about the future of trade agreements with the Middle East and how greater economic engagement can lead to strategic, political, and security benefits.

Listen to Marc Levinson, senior fellow for international business at CFR, discuss the Obama administration's trade policy, American competitiveness, and the value of the U.S. dollar, as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Listen to James W. Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar, Inc., share his perspective on the effect of the financial crisis on the U.S. economy and trade.

Listen to Benn Steil, CFR Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, as he speaks about his new book, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, and the implications of monetary nationalism for today's global economy.

Listen to experts remark on what is at stake at the G-20 London summit and outline possible policy options for member countries.

Listen to experts debate the benefits of global trade and how the current crisis will affect the international trading system.

Listen to CFR experts examine U.S. foreign policy toward Asia, the global economy, and the challenges and opportunities that fill the new administration's inbox.

Listen to CFR experts Jagdish Bhagwati and Edward Alden discuss the "Buy American" provision in the stimulus bill.

Listen to Matthew J. Slaughter, adjunct senior fellow for business and globalization at CFR, discuss U.S. trade priorities for the next administration as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Listen to experts discuss U.S. trade policy at the final panel discussion in a series on the presidential transition co-hosted by CFR, the Economist, and New York University's Stern School of Business.

Listen to experts explain the origins of the financial crisis and its effect on Japan, as well as on U.S.-Japanese trade.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Listen to Gordon Brown, prime minister of the United Kingdom, speak about the global financial crisis and the need for international cooperation to mitigate its effects.

Listen to Jagdish N. Bhagwati, CFR's senior fellow for international economics, discuss the effects of preferential trade agreements on the international trading system and his recent book Termites in the Trading System, with former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo.

Listen to experts discuss U.S.-Latin America trade policies including CAFTA-DR, NAFTA, and farm subsidies.

This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Listen to John P. Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the IMF, discuss the relationship between rising energy and commodity prices and global inflation.

Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, CFR's director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics, and deputy director of studies, discuss current trends surrounding the economics and politics of globalization, and the causes and consequences of the globalization backlash, as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the rest of the world with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

Listen to Jagdish N. Bhagwati, CFR's senior fellow for international economics, discuss his book In Defense of Globalization with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.