Justin Lin (World Bank)
Anoop Singh (IMF)
Arvind Subramanian (Peterson Institute)
Joint with the Sigur Center on Asian Studies
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
12:00 to 2:00pm
Category: Events
NAFTA at 15
Assessing the Past and Preparing for the Future
Friday, March 27, 2009
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
8:30 – 9:20 AM Continental breakfast
9:20 – 9:30 AM
Introductory Remarks: Michael Moore (GWU-IIEP)
9:30 – 10:45 AM – NAFTA’s Origins and Impact on the U.S. and Canada
Moderator: Steve Suranovic (GWU-IIEP)
Sidney Weintraub (Center for Strategic and International Studies): Origins of North American Integration
Gary Hufbauer (Peterson Institute): NAFTA and the U.S.
Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University): NAFTA and Canada
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM – Impact on Mexico
Moderator: Cynthia McClintock (GWU-LAHSP)
Nora Lustig (GWU-IIEP): Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Post-NAFTA Mexico
Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University): Impact on Mexican Firms
Phil Martin (University of California – Davis): Immigration flows under NAFTA
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Remarks on “The Future of NAFTA” by Jaime Serra (former Mexican chief negotiator for NAFTA)
12:45 – 1:45 PM – Lunch
1:45 – 3:00 PM – What’s Next for North American Integration? Views from the Academy
Moderator: Nora Lustig (GWU-IIEP)
Robert Pastor (American University)
Gustavo Vega (El Colegio de Mexico) PowerPoint
John Curtis (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
3:00 – 3:15 PM – Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:30 PM – North American Governments’ Priorities
Moderator: Michael Moore (GWU-IIEP)
Grant Aldonas (former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade)
Beatriz Leycegui (Mexican Undersecretary of Economy for International Trade Negotiations) PowerPoint
Susan Harper (Economic Minister for the Embassy of Canada)
Regional Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Latin America
Steven Phillips (IMF)
Claudio Loser (GW and Inter-American Dialogue) – Paper
Nora Lustig (GW) – Paper
Jay Pelosky (Private Investor)
Joint with the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
12:30 to 2:00pm
John W. Kendrick Seminar Room
Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Regional Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Central and Eastern Europe
Marek Belka (IMF)
Clifford Gaddy (Brookings) – Paper
Graciela Kaminsky (GW) – Paper
Anders Aslund (Peterson Institute) – Paper
Joint with the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Monday, March 23, 2009
12:00 to 2:00pm
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Reflections and Projections: A Trade Transition Memo for the New Administration
Christopher A. Padilla
Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
Joint with the Washington Trade Association (WITA)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
9:00 am – 10:00 am
City View Room, 7th Floor
1957 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
The U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement: Implementation and Impact
Alvaro Henzler (Economic Advisor to the Ambassador of Peru, professor at Georgetown University and Universidad del Pacifico)
Carlos Mateo Paz-Soldan (DTB Associates)
José Raul Perales (Senior Program Associate for Latin America at the Woodrow Wilson Center)
Joint with the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program
Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Duques Hall Suite 451
2201 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
1st Annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and the U.S. China Relationship
Monday, October 20, 2008
Continental breakfast from 8:30 AM
9:30-10:45 AM: The U.S. and China in the World Economy
This session will examine the global context of the relationship, including macroeconomic conditions and global energy markets.
Warwick McKibbin (Professor of Economics at Australian National University, Member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution)
David Pumphrey (Deputy Director and Senior Fellow of the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation at the Department of Energy)
Jiawen Yang (Professor of International Business and International Affairs at the George Washington University, co-author of Case Studies of U.S. Economic Sanctions: The Chinese, Cuban and Iranian Experience)
10:45-11:00 AM: Coffee break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: U.S. and China Trade and Investment Issues
This session will explore current controversies surrounding U.S. economic relations.
Jim Mendenhall (Partner at Sidley Austin, LLP and former General Counsel at Office of the U.S. Trade Representative)
Patrick Mulloy (Member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce)
Eswar Prasad (Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and former Chief of the China Division at the International Monetary Fund).
12:30-1:45 PM: Lunch
2:00-3:15 PM: The Future of U.S.-China Relations
The final group of panelist will discuss the economic and political future of the two countries.
Albert Keidel (Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Acting Director and Deputy Director for the Office of East Asian Nations at the U.S. Treasury Department)
Philip Levy (Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers)
David Shambaugh (Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University, Director of the China Policy Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution).
An archive of all previous Annual Conferences on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations is available here.
For more information, please contact Kyle Renner at iiep@gwu.edu or 202-994-5320.
Trade and the Hill: What to Expect Post-Election
Eric Euland – The Duberstein Group; former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R., Tennessee)
David Castagnetti – Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc.; former chief of staff to both Senator Max Baucus (D., Montana) and former Rep. Norman Mineta (D., California)
Jennifer Mulveny – Sandler, Travis and Rosenberg; former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for congressional affairs under President George W. Bush, and Republican professional staff, House Ways and Means Committee
Steve Champlin – Vice President of the Duberstein Group, and former Executive Director of the House Democratic Caucus
Joint with the Consumers for World Trade Education Fund
This is a U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
12:00 to 2:00pm
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
1957 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
A Research Symposium on New Directions for Research on Microfinance
Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, GWU Department of Economics,and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Friday, April 20, 2007
Alumni House
1925 F St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
9:30 AM: Welcome and Overview of the Conference
Stephen C. Smith (Professor of Economics and International Affairs, GW)
9:45-10:45 AM: Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet (University of California-Berkeley and World Bank), “The Supply and Demand Side of Credit Information,” (with Craig McIntosh, University of California-San Diego)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Joe Kaboski, (OSU) “Testing a Structural Model of Credit Constraints Using a Large-Scale Quasi Experimental Microfinance Initiative,” (with Robert Townsend, University of Chicago)
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM: Jonathan Conning, (Hunter College/CUNY), “Foundations of Social Investment” (with Jonanthan Morduch, New York University)
2:15-3:15 PM Shahe Emran, (GWU), “Microfinance and Missing Markets” (with Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University)
3:30-4:30 PM Dean Karlan, (Yale University), “Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts” (with Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth University)
4:30 PM Closing Remarks
