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December 10, 2024
Capitol Hill Briefing

Presidential Tariff Powers and the Need for Reform
From the Founding of the republic through the early 1930s, Congress set tariff rates through legislative revisions to the US tariff schedule.
January 12, 2024
Policy Forum

A Conversation with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Despite decades of success and the overwhelming benefits of trade for developed and developing countries alike, the WTO faces growing challenges and growing skepticism—particularly among US policymakers—regarding the benefits of globalization.
June 8, 2022
Policy Forum

The (Updated) Case for Free Trade
Please join us at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, for a discussion featuring U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey (R-PA), the National Retail Federation’s Jonathan Gold, and Cato’s Scott Lincicome.
November 8, 2021
Live Online Policy Forum

Benefits and Prospects of Free Trade in Environmental Goods
President Biden should call for a return to negotiations and for negotiators to resolve difficult questions, such as what should count as an environmental good, whether services should be included, how broad the EGA should be, and more.
June 22, 2021
Live Online Policy Forum

Can International Rules Improve Domestic Regulation of Digital Trade?
What exactly are the problems that have been caused by domestic regulation of the flow of digital information? And can international agreements help solve them? Please join us for a discussion of these timely issues.
December 15, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Digital Trade: Challenges and a Way Forward
Featuring Christine Bliss (@cblisscsi), President, Coalition of Services Industries; Stephanie Honey (@StephHoneyTrade), Consultant, Honey Consulting; and Hanna Norberg (@TradeEconomista), Founder, Trade Economista; moderated by Huan Zhu (@HZhu2013), Research Associate, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
December 2, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Trade Policy Priorities through the Eyes of Congressional Democrats
Featuring Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL); Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX); and James Bacchus, Former World Trade Organization Appellate Body Jurist; former U.S. Congressman; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; moderated by Daniel Ikenson, (@dikenson), Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
November 12, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Trade Policy in a Biden Administration: Back to Normal, or into the Great Unknown?
Featuring Nasim Fussell, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP; Michael Smart, Managing director, Rock Creek Global Advisors LLC; Halie Craig (@haliecraig), Associate Fellow, R Street Institute; moderated by Simon Lester (@snlester), Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
July 16, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

The Future of the World Trade Organization
Featuring James Bacchus, Former WTO Appellate Body Jurist; former U.S. Congressman; and Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Inu Manak, Research Fellow, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; moderated by Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
July 9, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Supreme Court Balks, but Congress Should Act to Restore Its Authority over Trade Policy
Featuring Gary N. Horlick, Law Offices of Gary N. Horlick; Donald B. Cameron Jr., Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP; moderated by Daniel Ikenson (@dikenson), Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
May 26, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Implementing the New NAFTA
Featuring Luz María de La Mora, (@luzmadelamora) Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy, Mexico; moderated by Inu Manak, (@inumanak) Research Fellow, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
April 15, 2020
Live Online Policy Forum

Trade in a Pandemic: Traditional Issues, New Concerns, and Optimal Policy Responses
Featuring Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies; Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies; and Inu Manak, Research Fellow, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies.
December 4, 2019
Book Forum

China’s Implementation of the Rulings of the World Trade Organization
Featuring the author Weihuan Zhou, Senior lecturer and member of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre, University of New South Wales; with comments by James Bacchus, Former WTO Appellate Body Jurist and former U.S. Congressman; Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; moderated by Simon Lester, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
June 4, 2019
Capitol Hill Briefing

Keeping Up with the Jones Act
Featuring Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Colin Grabow, Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; moderated by Jeff Vanderslice, Director of Government & External Affairs, Cato Institute.
May 30, 2019
Book Forum

Free Trade and Prosperity: How Openness Helps Developing Countries Grow Richer and Combat Poverty
Featuring the author Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics, Columbia University; with comments by Anne Krueger, Senior Research Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; moderated by Ian Vásquez, Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.