CITD will hold its second Rethinking World Trade conference on Wednesday April 3 on the margins of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) spring meeting. Rethinking World Trade 2024 will bring together the academic community, trade practitioners, and policymakers to examine new ideas for a better trading system that is inclusive of all and promotes sustainable development. Rethinking World Trade 2024 will be a half day-long, in-person event at the Georgetown University Law Center with panelists presenting avant-garde research and policy recommendations. Click here to register for this event.

This year’s Rethinking World Trade conference will feature two panels on the following themes:

1) The US-China Relations in a “Post-China Shock” Era, moderated by Wendy Cutler from the Asia Society Policy Institute in discussion with Scott Kennedy from CSIS, Professor Henry Gao from the Singapore Management University, and Huan Zhu from the China Trade Monitor.

2) The Rise of Subsidies and the Clash of Industrial Policy, moderated by Rem Korteweg from the Clingendael Institute in discussion with Olabisi Akinkugbe from Dalhousie University, and Inu Manak from CFR.

The event will also feature the launch of the new book, The Sustainability Revolution in Trade Agreements, edited by Professors Kathleen Claussen and Geraldo Vidigal. During the launch Professor Vidigal will have a panel discussion with Martha Aldana from the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Zak Smith from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Elizabeth Trujillo from the University of Houston Law Center, Jane Nishida from the EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA), and Alexandra Whittaker from the House Committee on Ways and Means.

We will close the event with a conversation between Shawn Donnan, from Bloomberg, and our Co-Directors Jennifer Hillman and Katrin Kuhlmann.

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