The conference will discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) from a variety of perspectives - the Executive and Congressional branches, economic, geopolitical, industry and labor. Topics to be covered will include:

• Prospects for Congressional approval of TPP
• Impact of TPP on economic relations in the Pacific
• TPP membership expansion
  
• Investment issues
• Investor-state dispute settlement
• Environment
• Labor

• Intellectual property issues
• State-Owned Enterprises
• Key market access issues, including
  • Autos
  • Agricultural products
  • Textiles and apparel
  • Services

• Everett Eissenstat,
  Chief Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
• Jason Kearns,
  Chief Minority Trade Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee
• Scott Miller,
  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Matthew Schruers,
  Computer and Communications Industry Association
• Angela Ellard,
  Chief Trade Counsel, House Ways & Means Committee
• Gary Hufbauer,
  Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Kimberly Ann Elliott,
  Center for Global Development
• Barbara Weisel,
  Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Mike Harney,
  Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs

• Michael J. Smart,
  Rock Creek Advisers
• Celeste Drake,
  AFL-CIO
• Gary Horlick,
  The Law Offices of Gary H. Horlick
• Warren Maruyama,
  Hogan Lovells
• Richard Cunningham,
  Steptoe & Johnson
• Brian Pomper,
  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
• Stephen Lamar,
  American Apparel and Footwear Association
• Devry Boughner,
  Cargill
• Jayme White,
  Senate Finance Committee
• Claude Barfield,
  American Enterprise Institute

• NOTE: WE HAVE REACHED FULL CAPACITY OF THE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. RSVPs NO LONGER ACCEPTED. YOU CAN BE PLACED IN WAITING LIST IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND. Please contact Mr. Jason Everett at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.