Published: Oct. 8, 2018
trade

CAS Event
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 5pm
Eaton Humanities聽250, 精品SM在线影片

A Panel discussion about the US-China Trade War featuring Robert F. Mc Nown, Keith E. Maskus, Karen Gerwitz and Scott Larson. Moderated by Tim Oakes, Center for Asian Studies Director.聽

Robert F. Mc Nown, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, 精品SM在线影片,聽will discuss聽alternatives to the tariffs weapon to influence some of聽China's policies that may be inconsistent with WTO rules. In particular, how could the U.S. collaborate with economic allies, working within the WTO framework, to deal with some of China's practices that are troublesome to many of China's trading partners?

Keith E. Maskus, Professor of Economics and former Associate Dean for Social Sciences at聽精品SM在线影片,聽will talk about聽the history of how this episode evolved (it has longstanding roots), how the trade war may affect both economies, and offer聽some thoughts about where this all might go.聽 As聽it is likely that the Trump Administration鈥檚 true goal here is to eviscerate the World Trade Organization,聽Keith聽would offer some thoughts on that also.

Karen Gerwitz,聽President, World Trade Center Denver,聽and Scott Larson, Senior Vice President, Legal and General Counsel at Terumo BCT聽will offer insights on the impact the trade war is having on Colorado business.