Start Date: 2/25/2025 5:00 PM EST
End Date: 2/25/2025 7:30 PM EST
Venue Name: In Person - Covington & Burling LLP
Location:
One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001
Organization Name:
WIIT
Contact:
This discussion will bring together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to analyze the implications of the review process, explore its opportunities, and address the challenges for businesses across industries.
Panelists:
- Brad Wood, Senior Director for Trade and Innovation Policy at the National Foreign Trade Council, the leading business association dedicated solely to advancing the interests of U.S. companies in international commerce.
Brad previously served in consecutive roles at the Embassy of Canada where he was most recently the Trade Program Manager for Innovation and Industrial Policy and the U.S. representative for Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. In this capacity Brad advanced Canada-U.S. cooperation bilaterally and with third countries, and worked with the Administration, Congress and business sector to ensure policies support open trade and the integrated North American market.
- Blake Harden, VP of International Trade at Retail Industry Leaders Association.
Prior to joining RILA, Blake served for three years as Trade Counsel to the Committee on Ways and Means. Before her time on Capitol Hill, Blake served for ten years as an attorney with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Chief Counsel.
- Cesar Remis, Trade Envoy (DC), former Head of the Office for the Implementation of the USMCA with the Ministry of Economy
Moderated by Kate McNulty, Senior Trade Associate, Covington and Burling.
The panel will start at 5:15 pm, and it will be followed by a reception from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
