High-Level Roundtable Series on American Competitiveness
Director: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow
April 1, 2006 - Present
Part of CFR's Renewing America initiative and made possible by the generosity of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, this roundtable series brings high-level attention to issues that affect the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Meetings have addressed issues such as reform of the U.S. corporate tax system, the effectiveness of the WTO dispute settlement process, and the U.S. approach to inward and outbound foreign investment.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
Speakers:
Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School, Willy C. Shih, Harvard Business SchoolPresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
Roundtable Meeting
Addressing the Challenge of State-Owned Enterprises
November 16, 2011
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Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Investment Policy
Speakers:
Aaron Brickman, U.S. Department of Commerce, Jonathan Kallmer, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, J. Welby Leaman, U.S. Department of TreasuryPresider:
Daniel M. Price, Sidley Austin LLPThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Trade and Climate Change: Integrating Economic and Environmental Goals
Speakers:
Jason Bordoff, Director for Energy and Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality, Mark Linscott, Assistant Trade Representative for Environment and Natural ResourcesPresider:
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of South AfricaPresider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, CFRThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Financial Crisis and the Future: Perspectives from the Global Investment Community and Chinese Government
April 29, 2009
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Roundtable Meeting
Does DARPA Still Effectively Spur U.S. Technological Innovation?
Speaker:
Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresider:
Adam Segal, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Christopher T. Hill, George Mason UniversityPresider:
Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations
12:30-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Roundtable Meeting
The Bilateral Trade Agenda: Colombia, Panama, and Korea
Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Managing Globalization: Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance
Presider:
Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Robert J. LaLonde, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of ChicagoThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Shanker A. Singham, Partner & Chairman, International Trade Group, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
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Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Chris Padilla, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State
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Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Mark Cohen, Senior IPR Attache, U.S. Embassy in Beijing
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Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Jamie Popkin, Author, Gartner, Inc.
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Presider:
James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Frances Karamouzis, Research Director, Gartner Research, Catherine Mann, Professor, International Business School, Brandeis University, Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, The Council on Foreign Relations
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Managing Risk at the Border: Finding a Balance Between Security and Openness
Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Stewart Verdery, President, Monument Policy Group, LLCThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Trade Policy and Competitiveness: What Can we Learn from Europe
Presider:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, The Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
John Bruton, Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European CommissionThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Patent Crisis
Speakers:
James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations, Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard University, David Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IBM Corporation, John Squires, Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel, Associate General Counsel, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Trade versus Security: An EU-U.S. Partnership to Confront the Global Challenge
Presider:
Lee S. Wolosky, Partner, Boies, Schiller & FlexnerSpeaker:
Laszlo Kovacs, Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, European CommissionThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Atlas of Ideas with James Wilsdon
Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
James Wilsdon, Head of Science and Innovation, Science and Innovation Program, Demoa
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
In China’s Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship
Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Reed Hundt, Senior Information Industries Adviser, McKinsey & Company, Inc.This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Should Central Banks Burst Asset Price Bubbles? A Debate
Speakers:
Adam S. Posen, Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Nouriel Roubini, Associate Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University, Stern School of BusinessPresider:
Richard H. Clarida, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Demutualization of America's Securities Exchanges: Lessons from the European Experience
Speaker:
Rudiger von Rosen, Managing Director, Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.Presider:
John J. Phelan Jr., Retired Chairman, NYSE Group, Inc.This meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Gary Pisano, Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University School of BusinessPresider:
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment and Energy Correspondent, The EconomistThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Competing in a Global Economy: The President's Agenda
February 23, 2006
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CFR Experts Guide
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