Senior fellow and Deputy Director [inaudible] economics and i have the pleasure today to welcome my former boss from the department Justin Muzinich for discussions on the transatlantic economy. He will start with opening remarks and switch over to a moderated conversation with former National Security adviser and executivadvisorand executive Atlantic Council, steve hadley. I would like to extend a few thanks to some of our partners who are here with us today. Thank you very much. And now without further ado, i will turn over to you. Thank you, julia and to steve hadley for moderating the discussion. Congratulations on the opening of the center for geoeconomics. Having spent time looking at your goals, the center is an extremely timely and worthwhile undertaking. More broadly, now more than ever, the Atlantic Councils mission of fostering a strong transatlantic relationship is important. Covid19 has disrupted the economy and our way of life. As the world looks to the future, its importa
On the transatlantic economy. He will start with opening remarks and switch over to a moderated conversation with former National Security adviser and executivadvisorand executive Atlantic Council, steve hadley. I would like to extend a few thanks to some of our partners who are here with us today. Thank you very much. And now without further ado, i will turn over to you. Thank you, julia and to steve hadley for moderating the discussion. Congratulations on the opening of the center for geoeconomics. Having spent time looking at your goals, the center is an extremely timely and worthwhile undertaking. More broadly, now more than ever, the Atlantic Councils mission of fostering a strong transatlantic relationship is important. Covid19 has disrupted the economy and our way of life. As the world looks to the future, its important that we not just restart Economic Growth, but that the right values guide us in a post covid world. Thats why the relationship is so important. It represents ove
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer was on capitol hill to testify on the Trump Administration trade policy. The use of tariffs, trade with china and implementation of the u. S. Canada trade agreement. Mr. Lighthizer was asked about the Global Supply chain of the inquisition of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Hearing is just under three hours. Im pleased to welcome ambassador lighthizer. Thank you for joining us. We need to have you here because we face great challenges whether its the murder of floyd or whether its the economic downturn we had because of the pandemic or the pandemic itself. We have a lot facing our country. Its not going to be easy to bring us back on the course of iran and their brave but good trade policy will be one important part of doing so so im glad we have that discussion today. Trade policy is immediately significant because we need to make sure we dont have any unnecessary taxes on goods g2 the recovery or i
Good evening, everybody. Im bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine, and on behalf of her but here welcome your think you very much for coming. We are very y pleased to have pl richter with us here this evening. Paul and i crossed paths a lot when i was a journalist with the Washington Post covering the pentagon and he was reporting for the Los Angeles Times based in washington. Over several decades paul wrote about National Security and Foreign Policyy on both the pentagon and then the state department beat come and heal other important assignments for the times before leaving the paper about four years ago. Paul was seen as one of the journalistic prose of reporting in this city on National Security affairs and in his new book, the ambassadors, he applies his Extensive Knowledge of americas National Security establishment to highlighting the valuable roles played by some veteran diplomats. He singles out four in particular, ryan crocker, robe