Tipping Points – Trading with Western Hemisphere.

Tipping Points Trading with the Western Hemisphere.

January 24th, 2022: 3:00 PM -6:00 PM & Ambassadorial reception 6:00 PM -7:00 PM

Contact us at [email protected] if you would like to participate in the event.

Location: Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia1520 20th St NW, Washington, DC. 20036

Registration: on Eventbrite at tradingwiththewesternhemisphere.eventbrite.com

Format: In-person with live Zoom livestream

Organizing Partner: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

2:30 – 3:00pm Doors open: a social coffee and arepas

Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia

3:00 – 3:05pm Opening and introductory remarks

Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

• H.E. Luis Gilberto Murillo

3:05 – 3:35pm Coloring Trade with Prosperity for the Western Hemisphere

A discussion bringing together the voices of these illustrious diplomatic representatives in Washington D.C. on the timely question of how to recast international trade institutions and opportunities to materialize prosperity in the Western Hemisphere.

• H.E. Luis Gilberto Murillo, Ambassador of Colombia to the U.S.

• H.E. Ramón E. Martínez de la Guardia, Ambassador of Panama to the U.S.

• H.E. Alfonso Quiñónez, Ambassador of Guatemala to the U.S.

• H.E. Kirsten Hillman, Ambassador of Canada to the U.S.

• T.H. Jayme White, Deputy United States Trade Representative.

Moderator: Jeffrey G. Weiss, Partner at Steptoe & Johnson.

3:35 – 3:50pm Keynote: meeting the challenge of equitable and sustainable trade in the post-COVID era.

• T.H. Robert Bruce Zoellick, 11th president of the World Bank, Former United States Deputy Secretary of State and Former Deputy USTR.

4:00 – 4:30pm Panel: Consolidating regional supply chains in the Western Hemisphere

Mediations on regional accumulation of origin, a Western Hemisphere Free Trade Agreement, interoperable Single Windows, commonly agreed intellectual property, labor, environmental, digital trade standards, and alignment of U.S. critical supply chains with the supply of regional trade partners.

• Laura Valdivieso, Director of the Trade Office of Colombia in D.C.

• Cesar Remis, Head of the Office for the Implementation of the USMCA.

• Samuel Ashcallay, Head Economic Counselor, Embassy of Peru.

• Jerome Belanger, Deputy Head of Section, Embassy of Canada.

Moderator: Fabrizio Opertti, Manager of Integration and Commerce Sector, Inter-American Development Bank.

4:35 – 4:50pm Keynote: Thinking outside pandoras box, opportunities to deepen trade with the U.S. beyond renegotiations.

An overview of the legal intricacies of FTA renegotiations with an in-depth view of the opportunities to enliven and deepen trade linkages through trade cooperation between the U.S. and regional allies.

• Zachary Simmons, Associate at Steptoe LLP.

• Santiago Gomez, Trade Secretary at the Trade Office of Colombia – Embassy of Colombia.

4:50 – 5:20pm Concrete steps toward interweaving human development and trade policy

Expert views on the tangible public policy instruments that can promote human development while strengthening trade beyond economic complementarities and into the spheres of social and environmental value.

• Alberto Rodriguez, Director for Strategy and Operations in Human Development at the World Bank.

• T.H. Diane Farrell, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade .

• H.E. Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S.

• H.E. Fernando Llorca Castro, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the U.S.

• H.E. Oswaldo de Rivero, Ambassador of Peru to the U.S.

Moderator: Jason Marczak, Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

5:30 – 6:00pm Regional aspirations: navigating decoupling and geopolitical turmoil in the international trade landscape

An outlook of the daunting challenges in the current trade landscape is better viewed from the lenses of the leaders from the non-profit, public and private sectors that are spearheading resiliency, development and opportunity with the pennant of the Western Hemisphere.

• Anne McKinney, Vice President for the Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

• Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

• Eric Farnsworth, Washington office of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society.

• Ambassador Karan Bhatia, Global Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy at Google and former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative.

Moderator: Eric C. Emerson, Partner at Steptoe & Johnson.

6:00pm Ambassadorial Reception

Speakers and attended will delight in an Encanto inspired dinner at the

Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia

1520 20th Street, NW Washington DC.

Washington, DC 20036

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Embassy of Colombia – Theater., 1724 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States