2021 Washington International Trade Conference
Event Information
About this Event
Washington International Trade Conference, Monday, Feb 8th and Tuesday, Feb 9th 2021
Honorary Conference Co-Chairs
Ambassador Susan Schwab & Ambassador Michael Froman
The Washington International Trade Conference will bring together leaders in international trade from across the U.S. and around the world to explore the trade landscape and look toward the future of trade.
Together, we will debate and discuss the most important issues affecting international trade, investment and supply chains to help you navigate U.S. and global trade policy.
WITA is Washington’s premier trade forum. It is the largest non-profit, non-partisan organization in the world dedicated to providing a neutral forum for open and robust discussion of international trade issues.
Attendees will be able to hear from trade leaders and learn about key issues driving U.S. and international trade policy. Sponsors will get visibility for their brand or firm with trade leaders from across governments (U.S. and International), embassies, business, law, academia, and trade practitioners from across industries and sectors.
Sample Agenda
Monday, February 8th
1:00 PM: Day 1 Opening Sessions
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Afternoon Plenary Sessions
Tuesday, February 9th
9:00 AM: Day 2 Opening Sessions
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Morning Plenary Sessions
Sample Plenary Topics
Global Supply Chains in the Era of COVID
US-China Relations
Digital Protectionism
NextGenTrade Presents: Sustainable Trade
Ambassadors Roundtable - Trade Around the World
Biden Administration - Year 1 Trade Agenda
Progressivism on Trade
WTO Reform
Initial List of Featured Speakers
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
Arrow Augerot, Director, Americas Public Policy, Amazon
Beth Baltzan, Founder, American Phoenix Trade Advisory Service and formerly with USTR and the House Ways & Means Committee
Kimberley Botwright, Community Lead, Global Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum
Wendy Cutler, President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute, former acting Deputy USTR
Himamauli Das, Senior Managing Director, K2 Integrity
Sahra English, Vice President, Public Policy, Mastercard
Simon Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and MBA Director, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Catherine Feingold, Director, AFL-CIO International Department
Ambassador Nestor Forster, Brazil's Ambassador to the United States of America
Aaron Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and former Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the office of the Vice President
Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP and President & CEO, C&M International; former Deputy United States Trade Representative
Katrin Kuhlmann, President and Founder, New Markets Lab, and Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Ambassador of the United States
Catherine Novelli, President, Listening for America, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
Jason Oxman, President & CEO, Information Technology Industry Council
Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, Her Majesty’s (UK) Ambassador to the United States of America
Ambassador Susan Schwab, Strategic Advisor, Mayer Brown LLP Professor Emerita, University of Maryland
Susan Shirk, Chair, 21st Century China Center and Research Professor, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States.
Peter Swire, Holder Chair of of Law and Ethics, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business; Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird, LLP
Madelaine Tuininga, European Commission, DG Trade Head of Unit for Sustainable Development and the European Green Deal
Ambassador Kurt Tong, Partner, the Asia Group, and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Ambassador Vangelis Vitalis, New Zealand Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic
Alan Wm. Wolff, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization
Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, President of the National Foreign Trade Council and former Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization