Economics and Globalization Events
The Start-up Act: Building America’s Entrepreneurial Future
April 24, 2012 // 9:00am — 12:00pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), both first term Senators, discussed key components of the Start-up Act, which they have authored and introduced. The two Senators oulined why we need to keep talented people in the United States, especially in STEM fields and how the government can best serve entrepreneurs through regulations, taxes, and encouraging talent.
Pakistan-India Trade: What Needs to be Done? What Does it Matter?
April 23, 2012 // 9:45am — 4:15pm
Asia Program
A major conference on the Pakistan-India trade relationship, with emphasis on the MFN agreement and beyond. Features speakers from Pakistan and India.
Occupied Economies: An Economic History of Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
April 11, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
What were the consequences of the German occupation for the economy of occupied Europe?
A Press Roundtable on President Dilma Rousseff's Visit to Washington
April 05, 2012 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Brazil Institute
On April 5, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Brazil Institute will hold a press roundtable to discuss President Rousseff's visit to Washington, D.C.
Is Brazil's New Industrial Policy Working?
March 29, 2012 // 10:30am — 12:30pm
Brazil Institute
On Thursday, March 29, the Brazil Institute and the Brazil-US Business Council host a discussion with Mauro Borges Lemos on the Greater Brazil Plan.
Regaining America's Competitive Edge
March 28, 2012 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Program on America and the Global Economy
Once the world’s uncontested manufacturing powerhouse, the United States today must contend with stiff international competition for innovation, markets, and talent. An expert panel looks at ways to boost competitiveness—through fiscal, immigration, and education reform.
Game Change in the Asia-Pacific: The South China Sea and TPP
March 27, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Asia Program
China has recently been a major force in political games in the Asia-Pacific. For example, it has succeeded in partly disengaging the United States from the trade framework in Southeast Asia by promoting “low quality” Free Trade Agreements in the region. China has also viewed the ASEAN Regional Forum and East Asia Summit as convenient non-binding and consensus-based arenas that allow Beijing to avoid dealing with hard issues such as maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The Obama administration’s much-discussed “Asia Pivot” is an attempt to reinsert the United States into regional political games and is perhaps most evident in the administration’s focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral FTA. How is the United States’ reemergence as a regional player changing the existing components of the political game? What trade and strategic initiatives is Washington undertaking? How will other regional players, such as Japan and India, respond to American and Chinese moves?
Report Launch: Emerging Global Trends in Advanced Manufacturing
March 26, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
This report by Institute for Defense Analyses and done at the request of the National Intelligence Manager for Science and
Technology in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, aims to identify emerging global trends in advanced manufacturing and to propose scenarios for advanced manufacturing 10 and 20 years in the future.
Congress & the Politics of Trade
March 19, 2012 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Congress Project
This panel will explore the intersection presidential and congressional politics as they play-out against the President’s trade agenda.
Conversations with America: U.S. Engagement With the African Union
March 14, 2012 // 5:00pm
Africa Program
Dr. Michael Battle, U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, held a conversation with Steve McDonald, Africa Program Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on U.S. Engagement with the African Union.