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7:30-8:00 AM Continental
Breakfast/ 2nd floor balcony
8-8:45 AM OPENING PLENARY
SESSION WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS/ Chambers
AB
Moderator:
Arie Lewin - Director,
Duke University CIBER
Speakers:
Jack Kasarda - Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
& Director, UNC-Chapel Hill CIBER
(Building on the 2003 NFTP)
David Price - US House of Representatives (D-NC)
8:45-9:15 AM Break
9:15-10:45 AM IMPACT
OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ON NATIONAL ECONOMIES/ Chambers
AB
Moderator:
John Coleman - Professor of Economics, Duke University
Panelists:
Andrew Bernard- Professor of International Economics, Dartmouth
College
(Overview of the benefits of international trade for national
economies with particular emphasis on the relation between international
trade and productivity of firms)
Matthew Slaughter- Associate Professor of Business Administration,
Dartmouth College
(The role of multinationals in globalization and international
trade)
10:45-11:15 AM Break
11:15-12:45 PM STATE
AND LOCAL RESPONSES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION/
Chambers AB
This panel will describe the "export gap"--the economic
difference between what states could export versus what they actually
export. The "export gap" is designed to build an argument
for states and local areas to genuinely invest in export and international
education. Several promising techniques for expanding exports will
be described. The panel will also address the other global crisis
affecting states and communities-rapid increases in immigration. Speakers
will describe the policy challenge and response, and include examples
of successful efforts at immigrant integration.
Moderator:
Carol Conway- Deputy Director, Southern Growth Policies Board
Panelists:
Renee Carter- Program Manager for Trade Roots, US Chamber of
Commerce
(The Trade Roots Program)
Nolo Martinez- Senior Advisor, El Pueblo
(State Responses to New Immigration)
William de Laat- Counsellor (Public Safety and Border Security),
Canadian Embassy
(US-Canadian Border Strategy since 9/11)
12:45-2:15 PM LUNCH
WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Howard Rosen, Executive Director of the TAA Coalition/
Chambers FGH, 3rd Floor
(To be introduced by Peter Cunningham)
Peter Cunningham, Director, International Trade Division,
NC Department of
Commerce: Introductory remarks
Howard Rosen, Executive Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) Coalition: Not everyone is a winner: Assisting workers and communities
hurt by global economic integration
Mr. Rosen will discuss the distributional effects associated with
increased international competition and shifts in production and employment.
He will also present a framework to think about public and private
efforts to assist workers and communities adversely affected by such
developments. Mr. Rosen will speak about Trade Adjustment Assistance
and the reforms passed in 2002. These reforms include the establishment
of the Health Care Tax Credit (HCTC) and wage insurance, both of which
are being implemented in North Carolina. Mr. Rosen will present ideas
to further reform and expand assistance to all dislocated workers.
2:15-3:45 PM STATE/LOCAL
ECONOMIC VITALITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE/ Chambers
AB
Moderator:
Sam Troy- Regional Network Director, US Export Assistance
Center
Panelists:
Larry Davidson- Professor of Business Economics & Public
Policy, Indiana University
(Identifying Missing Information in State International Trade
Data)
Kurt Thurmaier- Professor & Director, Public Policy
Administration Program, Iowa State University
(A Survey of Trade Promotion Activities in Local Communities)
Laura Spingola,
President of Trade Resources Ltd
(Forecasting industry trade
winners and losers and the implications for state economic development
policy)
3:45-4:15 PM Break
4:15-6:00 PM STATE/PROVINCIAL
INVOLVEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL
PROCUREMENT & INVESTMENT POLICY/ Chambers
AB
This panel will feature an update on international
procurement and investment policy developments, featuring federal,
state and Canadian provincial perspectives on trade agreement impacts.
Discussions will include legislative trends, and case studies such
as NYS procurement negotiations with Quebec and Ontario.
Moderator:
Kay Wilkie- International Policy Analyst, Empire State Development/NYS
Department of Economic Development
Panelists:
Jean Heilman Grier- USTR Lead Procurement Negotiator
(Developments in International Procurement)
Walt Bikowitz - Director of Procurement for the NYS Office of
General Services
(International Procurement issues from a State Procurement Official's
Perspective)
James Perttula - Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario
Ministry of Economic Development & Trade
(International Investment Agreements: A Provincial Response)
7-9:00 PM DINNER WITH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: David Abney, President of UPS International/
Chambers
ABC
Christina Sevilla, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs &
Public Liaison, Office of the US Trade Representative: The US trade
agenda: Economic growth, opportunity, and leveling the playing the
field
Carol Conway, Deputy Director, Southern Growth Policies Board:
Introductory remarks
David Abney, President, UPS International: What history
can teach us about global trade
The tension associated with 21st century global trade may seem new,
but we’ve faced it before. David Abney will apply lessons learned
in American history to the challenges and opportunities of today’s
digital age, global economy. Abney will review today’s Free Trade
Agreement landscape and discuss the possibilities an emerging China
brings to American exporters. He will also describe key UPS initiatives
to help small and mid-size businesses take advantage of export opportunities.
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