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| Staff: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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March 1, 2005 - April 1, 2006
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
Is Industrial Policy Dead? Lessons from Europe
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | Hans-Helmut Kotz, Deutsche Bundesbank |
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| Presider: | Roger Hertog, AllianceBernstein |
Reconciling National Security with Inward Investment
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | Jeffrey R. Shafer, Citigroup Global Markets |
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| Presider: | Jeffrey E. Garten, Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade, Finance, and Business, Yale School of Management |
Education in American Economic Competitiveness: Strength or Vulnerability?
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | John N. Yochelson, President, Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) |
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| Presider: | David A. Caputo, President, Pace University |
12:30–2:00 p.m. Meeting
Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Speaker: | Vernon W. Ruttan, Regents Professor of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota |
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| Presider: | Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International |
7:45–9:00 p.m. Meeting
The WTO Dispute Settlement Process
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | John H. Biggs, Former Chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF |
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| Speaker: | Jane Bradley, Former Assistant USTR for Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of the United States Trade Representative and, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center |
Trade, Intellectual Property, and the Future of American Competitiveness
Related Project: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
| Presider: | Eleanor Fox, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law |
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| Speaker: | C. Michael Hathaway, Former Chief U.S. Negotiator for the Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights; Principal Associate, Nathan Associates, Inc. |
The U.S. Current Account Deficit: Issues of Sustainability and Adjustment
Related Projects: High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
| Presider: | Peter B. Kenen, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Panelist: | Jon K. Hartzell, Chairman, Financial Regulation and Governance, KWR International |
| Speaker: | Richard Clarida, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University |
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In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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After two decades of liberalization, many countries around the world are adopting new restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) that could retard continued progress. The authors make recommendations for correcting this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
In this Council Special Report, the authors make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1-212-434-9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1-212-434-9753
jhill@cfr.org
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