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The vision of University of Nebraska alumnus and renowned trade expert Clayton Yeutter, the Yeutter Institute connects academic disciplines related to law, business and agriculture to prepare students for leadership roles in international trade and finance, support interdisciplinary research and increase public understanding of these issues.
Trade Matters Podcast
USMCA: A View From Mexico
Kenneth Smith Ramos, who served as Mexico’s lead negotiator on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), explains how Mexico approached the negotiation and walks through one of the major sticking points that has held up the pact’s consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives: labor provisions and how they would be enforced. He describes a key strategy Mexico employed to build domestic consensus in Mexico around USMCA, which helped lead to the deal’s ratification in the Mexican Senate in June, 2019. He also explains why the periodic review built into USMCA is useful not just for policymakers—but for all of us.
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The briefing paper series provides concise primers on new and emerging trade policy issues of relevance to Nebraska and beyond. Authored by undergraduate students, each paper considers a current trade policy question and offers background and analysis intended to spur further discussion, inquiry, and research.
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What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Trade Primer: 10 Things to Know About Trade
Professor Matt Schaefer, Haggart/Work Professor of International Trade Law, College of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Dr. Uchechukwu Jarrett, College of Business, University of Nebraska-Lincoln give a helpful overview of key economic and legal basics important for understanding today’s fast-moving trade policy dynamics, including: tariffs and how they work; the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system; what free trade agreements can achieve; trade remedy statutes; global supply chains, bilateral vs. multilateral negotiations, and more.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Keynote: What’s Next in U.S. Trade Policy? Is Uncertainty the Only Certainty?
Edward Alden, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, explains how the post-World War II system of norms and institutions expanded international trade, discusses the backlash against it, and provides three possible scenarios for the future of trade.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
The World Trade Organization in Crisis
Warren Maruyama, Partner, Hogan Lovells, former General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and former Associate Director for International Economic Policy, White House Office of Policy Development; John M. Weekes, Senior Business Advisor, Bennet Jones, LLP, Ottawa and former Ambassador of Canada to the World Trade Organization, explore longstanding challenges and current crises at the World Trade Organization and their potential impacts, including why the WTO Appellate Body was created, efforts to reform it, and what could happen if it ceases to function at the end of 2019. Moderated by Ken Levinson, Executive Director, Washington International Trade Association.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Panel with University Students: A Conversation with Darci Vetter
Darci Vetter, Vice Chair for Agriculture, Food and Trade, Edelman and former U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator is interviewed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln students Sarah Barrett (Law), Nichole Sklare (Law) and Justin Myers (Economics) about China, supply chains, trade negotiations, and the importance of talking about trade with the public.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Tariffs, Retaliation, and Supply Chain Impacts
David Morfesi, Special Counsel and Director International Trade, Minter Ellison, Adelaide, Australia and Visiting Professor, College of Law and Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Dr. Edward Balistreri, Department of Economics, Iowa State University; and Chris Roth, President, Reinke Manufacturing Co., Inc. explore the origins and impact of the imposition of U.S. tariffs on China and other trading partners and the estimated economic implications of the resulting tariff wars for Nebraska’s economy. Moderated by Jill O’Donnell, Director, Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Free Trade Agreements: Implications of a Shifting Competitive Landscape
Melissa Kessler, Director of Strategic Relations, U.S. Grains Council; Dr. John Beghin, Michael Yanney Chair of International Trade and Finance, Department of Agricultural Economics and Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance University of Nebraska-Lincoln discuss the U.S. agenda for opening new global markets for agriculture and other goods and services through free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, including the importance of reducing non-tariff barriers; the competitive landscape for U.S. goods and services in light of other countries’ pursuit of their own FTAs; and the implications for the United States of leaving the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Moderated by Andrea Durkin, Founder Sparkplug, LLC, Editor-in-Chief, TradeVistas, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
2019 Symposium: What's on the Horizon for International Trade?
Closing Remarks
Closing remarks for the conference by Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation. Introduction by Steve Nelson, President, Nebraska Farm Bureau.