11 Events

Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo speaks during the World Trade Organization's 2013 Director-General Selection Process, after which he served as Director-General until August 31, 2020. His successor has not yet been chosen.

WTO/Studio Casagrande via Flickr

Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar | The Future of U.S. Trade Policy

Thu., Nov. 12, 2020 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

Please join the Belfer Center and Center for Business and Government’s Economic Diplomacy Initiative for a conversation with Wendy Cutler and Kelly Ann Shaw on the future of U.S. trade policy. The next U.S. administration will encounter many challenges in international trade: rising unilateralism and protectionism, the threat of tit-for-tat tariffs, and weakened bilateral trade relationships and multilateral institutions. In this timely discussion, senior officials from the Obama and Trump administrations will debate what is next for the U.S.-China trade war, the future of the WTO, and ultimately how the U.S. can continue its global leadership of trade policy after the 2020 presidential election. The conversation will be introduced by Aditi Kumar, Executive Director of the Belfer Center, and moderated by Professor Robert Lawrence.

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Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar | Roland Cloutier | CSO-TikTok

Thu., Oct. 15, 2020 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

Join the Economic Diplomacy Initiative (EDI) for a conversation with Roland Cloutier, Global Chief  Security Officer at TikTok. Cloutier will discuss how TikTok's data, cybersecurity, and Chinese ownership have emerged as focal issues for U.S. companies and policymakers alike. The discussion will be jointly moderated by Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director of the Belfer Center, and Aditi Kumar, Executive Director of the Belfer Center.

Secretary Pompeo Shakes Hands With Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

U.S. Department of State Photo/ Public Domain

Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar | U.S.-China Bipolar Rivalry in the Digital Age

Fri., Oct. 9, 2020 | 10:00am - 11:00am

Online

Join the Belfer Center's Economic Diplomacy Initiative (EDI) for a conversation with Yan Xuetong, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University, on the evolution of U.S.-China digital and technological competition. The event will be moderated by Aditi Kumar, Executive Director of the Belfer Center, and Chris Li, Research Fellow with EDI.

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Containers are pictured on board of the 'Star' vessel of the China Shipping Container Lines shipping company at the harbour in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File

Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar | Breaking Global Supply Chains: U.S.-China Economic Decoupling

Thu., Oct. 1, 2020 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

Given recent events, how can U.S. policymakers understand and manage the drawbacks and vulnerabilities that arise with global economic networks that entangle the U.S. and China? What limits do global supply chains, information networks, and global financial systems pose to such efforts? How should policymakers modernize Cold War-era international rules of the road to bridge the economic and security policy divide? Join the Belfer Center and Center for Business and Government’s Economic Diplomacy Initiative for a conversation with Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman on the prospects for decoupling between the American and Chinese economies. The discussion will be jointly moderated by Aditi Kumar, Executive Director of the Belfer Center, and Ali Wyne, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Seminar - Open to the Public

EDI Seminar: “Is this time different? COVID-19 and the Global Economy”

Thu., July 23, 2020 | 9:00am - 10:00am

The World Bank expects over 90% of countries to be in recession in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Advanced economies will shrink by 7%, and developing economies by 2.5%. An additional 100 million people around the globe will fall into extreme poverty because of the virus. Some developing markets will face sovereign debt crises as they struggle to contain the economic fallout.

As the global economic outlook deteriorates, the World Bank, other multinationals, and central banks around the world continue to debate the most effective policy responses to combat the global health and economic crises.

Join World Bank Chief Economist Dr. Carmen Reinhart in conversation with Lawrence H. Summers and Nicholas Burns on economic diplomacy in the time of COVID-19.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Digital Currencies: The Future of Money?

Wed., June 24, 2020 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Will digital money disrupt the ways that countries, institutions, and people interact? A global tension is bubbling to the surface - China is moving ahead with its own digital yuan, the Libra Association is creating a supra-national currency, and the Federal Reserve is battling to maintain the primacy of the U.S. dollar. On top of all this, COVID-19 has prompted contactless payments, global downturns have spurred governments to issue checks directly to citizens, and private companies have pushed into minting their own currencies.

A man working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange reacts to a steep plunge in the stock market.

AP Photo/Richard Drew, File

Seminar - Open to the Public

The IMF and COVID-19: What’s Next?

Mon., Apr. 27, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Online

Please join the Economic Diplomacy Initiative for a conversation with Martin Mühleisen on the International Monetary Fund’s response to COVID-19 and the key decisions and challenges ahead.

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed an economic crisis unprecedented both in scope and uncertainty about its severity and length. Global GDP is projected to fall by 3% in 2020, hitting advanced and emerging economies alike. After receiving over 90 emergency financing requests and expressions of interest in early April, the IMF has recently increased its emergency financing facilities to expand access limits for all Fund members. This crisis is far from over, and the IMF will continue to play a key role in global economic recovery during the months ahead.

This seminar is part of an event series examining the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy. The discussion will be moderated by Aditi Kumar, the Executive Director of the Belfer Center. 

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_64IX-ocxRkOo5xjm4GbA-w

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photos during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June.

AP

Director Series - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"US-China Trade Policy: Views from a Former White House Negotiator" Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Clete Willems

Thu., Sep. 26, 2019 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a lunch with Clete Willems, former White House Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics on "US-China Trade Policy: Views from a Former White House Negotiator" in the Belfer Library (L369).

Penny Pritzker

PSP Capital

JFK Jr Forum - Open to the Public

A Conversation with Former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on the Economy, Global Challenges, and America's Future

Wed., Oct. 25, 2017 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

In partnership, the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Institute of Politics and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcome former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker for a conversation with Nicholas Burns on the Economy, Global Challenges and America's Future.