February 20 — Jeffrey Schott on NAFTA, Year 14
Jeffrey Schott combines a balanced perspective about international trade grounded in careful attention to facts and evidence with the ability to explain complicated issues in ways that even members of Congress can understand … which is why he has had so much influence on public and elite perceptions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
When: Wednesday Febraury 20, 6:00-9:00 PM
Where: The Marten House 1801 West 86th Street Indianapolis 46260
Jeffrey Schott is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the foremost DC-based think tank specializing in trade and international economics. Since he joined the Institute in 1983, Schott has also been a visiting lecturer at Princeton University (1994) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (1986–88). He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1982–83) and an official of the US Treasury Department (1974–82) in international trade and energy policy. During the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations, he was a member of the US delegation that negotiated the GATT Subsidies Code. Since January 2003, he has been a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the US government. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy of the US Department of State.
Schott is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books on trade, including Trade Relations Between Colombia and the United States (2006), NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges (2005), Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies and Priorities (2004), Prospects for Free Trade in the Americas (2001), Free Trade between Korea and the United States? (2001), NAFTA and the Environment: Seven Years Later (2000), and The WTO After Seattle. He has recently written about economic sanctions against troublesome countries such as Iran.
Reservations for this talk and dinner should be made by calling 317-566-2036, or e-mailing cmatthewfox@gmail.com. E-mail reservations must have the subject heading “ICWA Dinner Reservations” and must contain all contact information, including name, address, telephone, and number of reservations being made. All reservations must be received by the end of the day Thursday Feb. 14. This is also the date by which any cancelations must be received.
Dinner for ICWA members is $22 per person, $24 for non-members. If you would like to attend only the talk, the cost for ICWA members is $3; for nonmembers, the talk alone is $4.
Know before you go … You can read parts of an updated version of Schott’s NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges.
If this event sounds interesting, check out … The International Conversation Cafe January 24 will discuss the ominous Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America. Have dinner with a high-powered trade delegation from the Chicago International Trade Commission Association February 26.
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