The International Roundtable welcomes Dr. Phil Levy, a former White House and State Department economist, as he addresses the economics, politics, and international relations of the current trade policy agenda.
Where
Gleacher Center
602
450 N. Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Driving Directions:
www.gleachercenter.com
NOTE ON PARKING
300 East Illinois Street (AMC Theater-River East Self Park Garage)
$6.00 after 3:00 pm on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday for a 12-hour period
Garage: Self Park Facility
Payment: Automated; at pay-stations by cash or credit card or upon exit pay by credit card only.
To receive discounted rate: There is a card validator at the first floor security desk of the Gleacher Center. You will only need to insert your parking card in the validator and the new price will be automatically applied. When you leave the lot you will be charged for the lower $6.00 fee.
Detailed Directions:
Garage is located next to PJ Clarks and below the AMC Theater.
a) When traveling east on Illinois cross over Columbus and enter the Garage on the left (north) side of the street
b) If driving west on Grand (north of Theater), you can enter the garage ½ block before Columbus on the left (south) side of the street
Event Details
The Obama administration has committed itself to two massive and highly challenging trade negotiations - the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Yet, outside of the government and policy circles, there is little or no public debate.
1. Where did the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) come from and why does it matter?
2. Where did the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) come from and why does it matter?
3. How are these negotiations different from past talks to lower border barriers?
4. Where will the domestic political battle be fought? Why is there a looming conflict over the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)?
The International Roundtable welcomes Dr. Phil Levy, a White House and State Department economist during the President George W. Bush administration, as he addresses the economics, politics, and international relations of the current trade policy agenda.
Cost
No Charge
Registration
Register Online
Deadline: 9/19/2013
Program
6:00 PM-6:30 PM: networking
6:30 PM-8:00 PM: presentation
8:00 PM-9:00 PM: drinks at The Midway Club, Fifth Floor
Speaker Profiles
Phil Levy, PhD (Speaker)
Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
http://www.thechicagocouncil.org
Phil Levy is senior fellow on the global economy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Previously he was associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He was formerly a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and taught at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. From 2003 to 2006, he served first as senior economist for trade for President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers and then as a member of Secretary of State Rice's Policy Planning Staff, covering international economic matters. Before working in government, he was a faculty member of Yale University's Department of Economics for nine years and spent one of those as academic director of Yale's Center for the Study of Globalization.
His academic writings have appeared in such outlets as The American Economic Review, Economic Journal, and the Journal of International Economics. He is a regular contributor to Foreign Policy magazine's online Shadow Government section and writes on topics including trade policy, economic relations with China, and the European economic crisis. Dr. Levy has testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Joint Economic Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Mean, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He received his PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 1994 and his AB in Economics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1988.
Recent Publications
Phil Levy on Shadow Government, "How to Get Trade Negotiators' Flights to Actually Lead Somewhere," Commentary by Senior Fellow Phil Levy on ForeignPolicy.com's Shadow Government, 8/8/2013
Questions
Karl L. Buschmann
Co-Chairman
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