Spee5 we are delighted to have you here as president of csi s it is a great opportunity to welcome back ernie when he was secretary was very active with us and we are very grateful as he would talk about oil and gas and Nuclear Energy and about Nuclear Weapons but now we are lucky to have him still staying active and of course he is the cochair my former bosses the cochair with him and i asked he wanted to make remarks he said hell no. [laughter] thanks for being here charlie. Part to be partners with us to raise the important issues of our day. Just a safety announcement for an emergency follow my instructions with the next it taking us down to the street then we will meet at National Geographic and then i will have hot chocolate. I didnt think we had a more qualified individual to be energy of secretary than ernie. If you could design someone who was perfect for the job he knew government, the private sector and has the honesty and objectivity of academia to reflect on government and
Spee5 we are delighted to have you here as president of csi s it is a great opportunity to welcome back ernie when he was secretary was very active with us and we are very grateful as he would talk about oil and gas and Nuclear Energy and about Nuclear Weapons but now we are lucky to have him still staying active and of course he is the cochair my former bosses the cochair with him and i asked he wanted to make remarks he said hell no. [laughter] thanks for being here charlie. Part to be partners with us to raise the important issues of our day. Just a safety announcement for an emergency follow my instructions with the next it taking us down to the street then we will meet at National Geographic and then i will have hot chocolate. I didnt think we had a more qualified individual to be energy of secretary than ernie. If you could design someone who was perfect for the job he knew government, the private sector and has the honesty and objectivity of academia to reflect on government and
The trip and we are joined by adam, a tree reporter with politico f adam, what would account for Mission Accomplished for the president at the end of this trip. Guest i think it is hard to say, i guess. The president when he looks at trade issues and when his name is overarching the goal is to reduce the us trade deficit with a bunch of these countries. That is than his Main Objective going back to nafta and renegotiating that and reopening the trade deal with south korea and thenn dealing with china on various fronts. I think inn an ideal world we would see possible agreements and announcements that would move toward that objective. Host that is where america was on the trade the last time these asian nations the President Trump and the last time an american president visited them and how that has changed in the first ten months of the trump administration. Guest under the Previous Administration, under president obama, therest was this permit o asia and that was the Transpacific Part
Afternoon mail glad to receive any one everyone here. I am a professor of Public Policy and i am also of the executive director of the Host Institution the center for error Public Policy i will tell you that were delighted with a discussion near and dear that is the subject of trade policy and in particular examine the issue to remedy those of unfair trade practices so todays panel will be moderated by my colleague as a senior industry fellow taking a wonderful lead clearly it has got an so popular over the years i will steal his thunder but in terms of introducing the panel it is a Blue Ribbon Group for people talking today. Looking off the list we see those experts we want to make sure to have ample time for questions and answers as you hear the panel speak so please wait for a microphone this is recorded for posterity so it is a nice idea to identify yourself and your organization so i will turnover so we can introduce the panel. This is a great group we have good dramatic wave of c
Of our Host Institution for today, the Georgetown Center for business and public policy. I will tell you that we are delighted today to have a discussion on something very important and near and dear to the Georgetown Center. That is the subject of trade policy. In particular, we are going to examine the issue of whether remedy unfair trade practices or are they themselves simply protectionist policies . Todays panel is going to be moderated by my colleague. Bob is a senior industry fellow at the center. Wonderfully in promoting and advancing the georgetown hill series that has clearly gotten so popular over the years. I will say that we are glad to have you here. I will not steal bob steiner, but in terms of introducing the panelists, i will some police say that its an extraordinarily blueribbon group of people that will be talking today. I will also say that when we looked at the list of registrants for today, we saw a number of experts in the audience. We won to make sure to have am