Good afternoon. Good afternoon and welcome. Im dean reuter, Vice President and general counselan director f practice ethical society. Thank you all for being here. And a special welcome to the folks joining us and cspan. Were looking forward to a spirited debate in our Panel Following opening remarks from secretary wilbur ross. I am pleased and privileged to introduce the 39th secretary of commerce wilbur ross. The secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Trump Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served as secretary since the beginning of the Administration February 2017. Hes got limited time with usst today so ill be brief mi introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be leaving at thebe conclusion of his talk secretary ross is no stranger to this talk and then the panel will ensue. Commerce with over half a century of experience in Investment Banking and private equi
Being here. Any special welcome to the folks joining us on cspan. We are looking forward to a spirited debate this afternoon in our Panel Following opening remarks from secretary wilbur ross. And please and privilege to introduce the 30 night secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. As secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Trump Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served as secretary since the beginning of the Administration February 2017. Hes got limited time with us today so ill be very brief in her introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be leaving at the conclusion of his talk and the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity restructuring over 400 billion in assets across numerous industries. In serving as chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies in over 20
Spirited debate this afternoon in our Panel Following remarks from secretary wilbur ross. Wilbur ross. And please and privilege to introduce the 30 night secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. As secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Trump Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served as secretary since the beginning of the Administration February 2017. Hes got limited time with us today so ill be very brief in her introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be leaving at the conclusion of his talk and the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity restructuring over 400 billion in assets across numerous industries. In serving as chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies in over 20 countries. He is also the only person elected to vote the private equity hall of fame an
We are looking forward to a spirited debate this afternoon in our Panel Following opening remarks from secretary wilbur ross. And please and privilege to introduce the 30 night secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. As secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Trump Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served as secretary since the beginning of the Administration February 2017. Hes got limited time with us today so ill be very brief in her introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be leaving at the conclusion of his talk and the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity restructuring over 400 billion in assets across numerous industries. In serving as chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies in over 20 countries. He is also the only person elected to vote the private
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