High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
Director: Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
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
Roundtable Meeting
Is Industrial Policy Dead? Lessons from Europe
Speaker: Hans-Helmut Kotz, Deutsche Bundesbank
Presider: Roger Hertog, AllianceBernstein
March 28, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Reconciling National Security with Inward Investment
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Shafer, Citigroup Global Markets
Presider: Jeffrey E. Garten, Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade, Finance, and Business, Yale School of Management
March 6, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Education in American Economic Competitiveness: Strength or Vulnerability?
Speaker: John N. Yochelson, President, Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST)
Presider: David A. Caputo, President, Pace University
January 26, 2006
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Roundtable Meeting
Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?
Speaker: Vernon W. Ruttan, Regents Professor of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Presider: Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
January 25, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
The WTO Dispute Settlement Process
Presider: John H. Biggs, Former Chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF
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
June 6, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
Trade, Intellectual Property, and the Future of American Competitiveness
Presider: Eleanor Fox, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
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.
April 20, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
The U.S. Current Account Deficit: Issues of Sustainability and Adjustment
Presider: Peter B. Kenen, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Panelist: Jon K. Hartzell, Chairman, Financial Regulation and Governance, KWR International
Speaker: Richard Clarida, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University
March 29, 2005
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