Originally published on November 14, 2016
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
9:00AM- 10:30am
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Lindner Commons, 6th Floor
What is behind the public discontent on trade issues? What has changed? And what can we do about it? In this lecture, Marten C. van den Berg will be answering these questions and many more in this 45 minute discussion. The public remarks will be followed by a Q&A session
Points that will be addressed:
- Popular support for trade policy is declining rapidly in the US and Europe
- Trade was a major subject in the Presidential race, with both candidates being vocally opposed to TPP
- The EU trade policy was on the verge of a crisis last month, when the federal government of Wallonia threatened to block the EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement (CETA)
Marten C. van den Berg is Deputy Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of The Netherlands. Previously, Mr. Marten van den Berg was Special Envoy of the Netherlands for the Ministerial OECD Presidency, head of the Economic Mission of the Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC and worked in various functions for both the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. Marten van den Berg obtained his Master’s degree at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and studied at the University of Maryland and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
