REGISTER: McDonough’s Georgetown on the Hill Series
In his most recent State of the Union Address, President Obama endorsed passage of Trade Promotion Authority– Congress’ authority to negotiate trade agreements and consider their results. The move could impact the progress of three major trade negotiations: The Trans Pacific Partnership, a deal pending among 12 countries of the Asia-Pacific rim; the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which would engage all of Europe; and the Trade In Services Agreement, which would update rules and remove barriers to services trade among 23 countries.
In the wake of this, the McDonough School of Business’ Center for Business and Public Policy will host the event “Trade Promotion Authority: Now, If Ever” on Jan. 27 at the Rayburn House Office Building. The event is the latest part of the school’s regular Georgetown on the Hill series. Continue reading…
Georgetown on the Hill Panel Discusses the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
A panel of Industry experts shared their views on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as part of the Center for Business and Public Policy’s Georgetown on the Hill series.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a trade agreement to be negotiated between the United States and the European Union. The panel’s focus was on jobs and growth.
“Trade creates and sustains jobs,” Linda Dempsey, vice president of international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, said. “It is the force of economic growth.”
Panelists were all in agreement that TTIP needs to move forward.
“We need to refresh and reinvigorate negotiations,” Charles S. Levy, partner, Cassidy Levy Kent and trade counsel, Business Roundtable, said. “[The partnership] needs our full attention to get it over the finish line.”
The Georgetown on the Hill series brings the work of the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy to Capitol Hill for tutorials on issues that are gaining visibility in Congress, which foster collaboration and dialog between academics and policy-makers crafting legislation.
The Center for Business and Public Policy is housed at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading faculty, scholars, and industry experts from across the nation and around the world whose expertise, intellectual pursuits, and interests are in the areas of competition and innovation. The Center’s mission and engage others in relevant inquiries and exploration of critical issues at the intersection of business economics and public policy.
