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Renegotiating NAFTA: Prospects and Challenges

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      Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute
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      Featuring

      Nonresident Fellow, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy

      John Weekes
      Rufus Yerxa
      Marta Bengoa
      Steve Charnovitz
      Alvaro Santos
      Todd Tucker
      Christopher Wilson
      Ted Alden
      Phil Levy
      Ricardo Ramirez
      William Alan Reinsch
      William Alan Reinsch

      Senior Adviser, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies

      Christine Bliss
      Amgad Shehata
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      David Weller

      Director of Economic and Trade Policy, Google

      Fellow for Trade Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

      Ed Farrell
      Christopher Sands

      Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

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      Jennifer Hillman

      Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

      John Magnus
      Mike Smart

      The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is currently being renegotiated by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to get a better deal, or walk away entirely from NAFTA if necessary. Amidst the air of uncertainty surrounding the talks, a productive discussion surrounding the prospects and challenges to modernizing NAFTA has emerged. Though NAFTA was a cutting–edge trade deal in 1994, international trade has transformed significantly since then, most notably with the advent of the digital economy. This full–day conference explores both the politics and reality of the NAFTA negotiations, and puts forward ideas for what a modern NAFTA could look like.

      8:30 – 9:00AM REGISTRATION
      9:00 – 9:15AM WELCOMING REMARKS

      Simon Lester, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

      9:15 – 10:15AM SESSION I: NAFTA’S ORIGIN & PURPOSE

      John Weekes, Bennett Jones
      Rufus Yerxa, National Foreign Trade Council
      Ricardo Ramirez, Appellate Body Member, World Trade Organization

      Moderator: Jim Bacchus, Former Chairman of the WTO Appellate Body

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      10:15 – 10:35AM BREAK
      10:35 – 12:00PM SESSION II: THE DEBATE OVER NAFTA

      Marta Bengoa, City College of New York
      Steve Charnovitz, George Washington University Law School
      Dan Griswold, Mercatus Center
      Alvaro Santos, Georgetown University Law Center
      Todd Tucker, Roosevelt Institute
      Christopher Wilson, Wilson Center

      Moderator: Dan Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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      12:00 – 1:00PM LUNCHEON
      1:15 – 2:30PM SESSION III: POLITICS & REALITY

      Phil Levy, Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs
      Ricardo Ramirez, Appellate Body Member, World Trade Organization
      Bill Reinsch, Stimson Center

      Moderator: Scott Lincicome, Adjunct Scholar, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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      2:30 – 3:45PM SESSION IV: HOW TO MODERNIZE NAFTA

      Christine Bliss, Coalition of Service Industries
      Amgad Shehata, UPS
      David Weller, Google

      Moderator: Inu Manak, Visiting Scholar, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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      3:45 – 4:05PM BREAK
      4:05 – 5:15PM SESSION V: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

      In the Shadow of NAFTA: Dairy, Lumber, and Bombardier

      Ed Farrell, OFW Law
      Dan Ikenson, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
      Chris Sands, Johns Hopkins, School of Advanced International Studies

      Moderator: Colin Grabow, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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      Dispute Settlement

      Jennifer Hillman, Georgetown University Law Center
      John Magnus, TradeWins
      Mike Smart, Rock Creek Advisors

      Moderator: Simon Lester, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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      5:15 – 6:15PM RECEPTION