Mr. Olson is a research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation in Hong Kong. He began his career in Washington DC as an international trade negotiator and served on the US negotiating team for the NAFTA negotiations. He subsequently became president of the Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin Economic Council, and vice-chairman of Cairo-based ARTOC Group for investment and development. He is also a visiting scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has a master’s degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. from the State University of New York. 

Kelly Ann Shaw carries a deep knowledge of international trade, investment, economic law, and policy drawn from her extensive public service at the White House, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. Congress. Most recently, Kelly Ann served as deputy assistant to the president for international economic affairs and deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration. While in the White House, Kelly Ann led the Office of International Economic Affairs for both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council, and was the lead negotiator for the United States at the G7, G20 and APEC, as well as a key negotiator with trading partners, including the China Phase One deal. She previously served as Republican trade counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means; assistant general counsel in both Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, D.C., at USTR; and lead lawyer, negotiator, and adviser in important international negotiations, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Andrea Durkin serves as vice president for international policy for the National Association of Manufacturers, working for the success of manufacturers by advancing trade policies that aims to unlock global opportunities for people who make things in America. She is one of the nation’s foremost experts on international policy, drawing from decades of experience serving in Democratic and Republican administrations. Immediately prior to joining the NAM, Andrea served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for World Trade Organization (WTO) and Multilateral Affairs. She led trade negotiations and U.S. policy at the WTO and was responsible for committees on industrial subsidies, technical barriers to trade, government procurement, trade facilitation, customs and others. She was also the U.S. senior official for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Trade Committee, G7 and G20 trade tracks. This was Andrea’s second stint in the Office of U.S. Trade Representative, after nearly two decades in the private sector as an entrepreneur, author and corporate government relations executive.