High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
April 1, 2006 - Present
Made possible by the generosity of Bernard L. Schwartz, this roundtable series explores issues that affect the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Meetings have addressed issues such as the sustainability of the U.S. current account deficit, the effectiveness of the WTO dispute settlement process, and intellectual property rights.
Meetings
High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: The Bilateral Trade Agenda - Colombia, Panama, and Korea
Roundtable Meeting
December 20, 2007
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| Presider: | Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative |
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High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: Managing Globalization - Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance
Roundtable Meeting
September 21, 2007
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Robert J. LaLonde, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago |
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High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: How Distorted Markets Undermine Free Trade - A New Agenda for Liberalization
Roundtable Meeting
June 28, 2007
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| Presider: | Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Shanker A. Singham, Partner & Chairman, International Trade Group, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP |
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High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: Foreign Direct Investment - Keeping the United States Competitive in the Global Marketplace
Roundtable Meeting
June 8, 2007
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce |
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Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy: Outsourcing - Three Years Later
Roundtable Meeting
May 2, 2007
Related Projects: Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy, High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness, High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Frances Karamouzis, Research Director, Gartner Research |
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| Catherine Mann, Professor, International Business School, Brandeis University |
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| Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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Presentations:
- Frances Karamouzis, Research Director, Gartner Research (PDF 683KB)
- Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, The Council on Foreign Relations (Powerpoint 147KB)
- Catherine Mann, Professor, International Business School, Brandeis University (Powerpoint 839KB)
High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: Trade Policy and Competitiveness - What Can we Learn from Europe
Roundtable Meeting
March 21, 2007
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | John Bruton, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Commission |
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Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy: The Patent Crisis
Roundtable Meeting
March 20, 2007
Related Projects: Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy, High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speakers: | James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard University |
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| David Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IBM Corporation |
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| John Squires, Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel, Associate General Counsel, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
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High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: Trade versus Security - An EU-U.S. Partnership to Confront the Global Challenge
Roundtable Meeting
March 7, 2007
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | Lee S. Wolosky, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
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| Speaker: | Laszlo Kovacs, Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission |
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High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness: Should Central Banks Burst Asset Price Bubbles? A Debate
Roundtable Meeting
October 24, 2006
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speakers: | Adam S. Posen, Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics |
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| Nouriel Roubini, Associate Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University, Stern School of Business |
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| Presider: | Richard H. Clarida, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University |
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The Demutualization of America's Securities Exchanges: Lessons from the European Experience
Roundtable Meeting
June 6, 2006
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | Rudiger von Rosen, Managing Director, Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V. |
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| Presider: | John J. Phelan Jr., Retired Chairman, NYSE Group, Inc. |
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The Science Business: Reflections on the Biotechnology Experiment
Roundtable Meeting
April 4, 2006
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | Gary Pisano, Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University School of Business |
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| Presider: | Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment and Energy Correspondent, The Economist |
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