"The simple fact is that highly skilled foreign-born workers make enormous contributions to our economy [...] The US will find it far more difficult to maintain its competitive edge over the next 50 years if it excludes those who are able and willing to help us compete. Other nations are benefiting from our misguided policies."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2004
12:00 noon
Reflections of a Free-Trade Democrat (
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Featuring Rep. Cal Dooley (D-CA); I. M. "Mac" Destler, Author, American Trade Politics; and moderated by Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
During his 14 years in the House, retiring Rep. Cal Dooley (D-CA) has compiled one of the most pro-trade voting records in Congress. He played an important role in the passage of major trade initiatives, such as NAFTA; the creation of the World Trade Organization; China's entry into the WTO; and trade promotion authority. Meanwhile, there has been a growing debate within both major parties about free trade agreements and the effect of globalization on the U.S. economy. Rep. Dooley will reflect on trade battles past and the prospects for reviving bipartisan support for trade expansion in the new Congress. This will be followed by comments from University of Maryland professor Mac Destler, one of the nation's top trade historians.
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Thursday, October 7, 2004
8:45 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
Trade and the Future of American Workers (, )
A joint conference of the Cato Institute and The Economist
Controversial in the best of times, free trade has become even more so in the aftermath of the 2001 recession and in light of the unusually slow job growth during the recovery. Critics blame trade in general and foreign outsourcing in particular for "shipping American jobs overseas," a theme we can expect to hear in the fall political season. Is it trade or other factors that are behind the unusual U.S. labor market? Which type of jobs will replace those being lost? And what should Congress and the president do, if anything, about trade and outsourcing? An important conference cosponsored by the Cato Institute and The Economist seeks answers to those politically charged questions.
Keynote Speaker: Roger Ferguson, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
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Panel 1: The Economy and Jobs - Explaining Recent Developments
Moderator: Neil King, Wall Street Journal
Greg Mankiw, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers
Erica Groshen, Economist, New York Federal Reserve
Zanny Minton-Beddoes, Economics Correspondent, The Economist
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Panel 2: What Will the Next Wave of Job Creation Look Like?
Moderator: Caroline Baum, Columnist, Bloomberg News
Mike Horrigan, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections
David Wessel, Author and reporter, Wall Street Journal
Daniel Pink, Author, "Free Agent Nation"--
Luncheon Speaker: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
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Panel 3: Outsourcing and Insourcing: New Threat or New Opportunity?
Moderator: Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Martin Baily, Institute for International Economics
Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America
Brink Lindsey, Vice President for Research, Cato Institute
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Panel 4: Trade and the 2004 Elections
Moderator: Daniel Ikenson,Trade Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
Sebastian Mallaby, Columnist, Washington Post
Clive Crook, Deputy Editor, The Economist
Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
12:00 p.m.
Why Globalization Works (, )
Featuring the author Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times; with comments by Arvind Panagariya, Professor Columbia University.
The debate about globalization has reached a level of passionate intensity that inhibits rational discussion. In his new book, one of the world's foremost commentators on the global economy explains how globalization works and why it makes political and economic sense. He confronts the arguments against globalization, including charges that it undermines sovereignty, weakens democracy, intensifies inequality, favors exploitative multinational corporations, and harms the environment. He delivers a careful and thorough refutation of each, and outlines a more hopeful future. The Economist magazine calls this book "the fullest and most sophisticated treatment to date of the case for globalization."
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Friday, July 23, 2004
12:00 p.m.
HILL BRIEFING
The Case for CAFTA: Promoting Freedom in our Neighborhood
Featuring Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies Cato Institute; and Mario Canahuati, Ambassador of Honduras.
With passage this month of the free-trade agreement with Australia, Congress will soon turn its attention to proposed agreements with Morocco, the Dominican Republic, and five Central American countries (CAFTA). What will these agreements mean for U.S. workers and the economy? And what will they mean for the war on terrorism and other U.S. foreign policy interests? Cato trade policy expert Dan Griswold will share his research and insights on the free-trade agreements coming before Congress. Ambassador Canahuati will offer his insights on what these agreements mean for Honduras.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
12:00 p.m.
The Case for CAFTA: Four Ambassadors Speak Out for Free Trade (, )
Featuring Ambassador Hugo Guiliani, Dominican Republic; Ambassador René León, El Salvador; Ambassador Guillermo Castillo, Guatemala; and Ambassador Mario Canahuati, Honduras.
In May the United States and five Central American democracies signed the historic Central American Free-Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and later this month the Dominican Republic will join the agreement. CAFTA will undoubtedly spark controversy when Congress considers it in the coming months, and its labor and environmental provisions are already an issue in the presidential campaign. Four ambassadors from the region will address those concerns by highlighting the economic, social, and political progress their countries have made in recent years and the importance of CAFTA in building on that progress.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2004
12:00 p.m.
Down on the Farm? Assessing the Prospects for Global Agricultural Trade Liberalization (, )
Featuring Thomas Lambie, President, Federated Farmers of New Zealand; Jennifer Brant, Trade Policy Advisor, Oxfam America; and Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
Members of the World Trade Organization are preparing for a crucial July meeting to hammer out a framework for an agreement to lower global trade barriers and subsidies for agriculture. Meanwhile, a WTO panel has ruled that the U.S. cotton program violates international trade rules, signaling that other U.S. farm support programs could be challenged. And the European Union's chief trade minister has now offered to put all of the EU's distorting export subsidies on the table. What do all of these developments mean for the prospects of real progress in liberalizing global farm trade? Three experts will offer differing perspectives on what should be done-and what likely will be done.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004
12:00 p.m.
Bush and Kerry: Comparing Their Economic Platforms (, )
Featuring Gary Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics; Daniel Griswold Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Chris Edwards, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
With the 2004 presidential campaign in full swing, Senator John Kerry is focusing on promises to strengthen the U.S. economy. The Democratic candidate has proposed a three-pronged approach to boosting the U.S. job market: changing the individual and corporate tax structures, expanding spending programs, and rethinking the government's stance on international trade. Would Kerry's policies strengthen the U.S. economy or damage it? How do his proposals differ from President Bush's? If elected, would Kerry be able to get his platform through Congress? Please join us as our panel discusses the Bush and Kerry tax, spending, and trade plans.
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Friday, April 2, 2004
12:00 p.m.
HILL BRIEFING
The Truth about Job Losses and Free Trade ()
Featuring Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies Cato Institute.
Fears about "outsourcing" and chronic job shortages are widespread on Capitol Hill and in the news media. Those fears have been aggravated by an economic expansion that has been slow to create new jobs. Job losses are always painful, but it is important to remember that, even in good times, they are an inescapable fact of life in a dynamic market economy. New research from the Cato Institute shows that international trade, including foreign "outsourcing," contributes only modestly to the frenetic job churning in the U.S. economy.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
12:00 p.m.
HILL BRIEFING
Willing Workers: How to Fix the Problem of Illegal Immigration (, )
Featuring Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ); and Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
On the heels of legislation proposed by Reps. Jeff Flake and Jim Kolbe and Sen. John McCain, President Bush earlier this month announced the most ambitious plan in decades to revamp the nation's immigration laws. Many of the ideas in the president's proposal were put forth in a study by Cato's Dan Griswold. The president's plan would create a legal channel for foreign workers to enter the United States temporarily to fill jobs that American-born workers don't want and grant temporary legal status to millions of workers living and working here illegally. Come hear an in-depth discussion of the president's immigration plan by one of the cosponsors of the reform legislation and the author of the Cato study.
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Friday, January 16, 2004
12:00 p.m.
President Bush's Immigration Proposal: Too Much, Too Little, or About Right? ()
Featuring Margaret Spellings, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute; Frank Sharry, National Immigration Forum; Steven Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies; and moderated by Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review.
Last week President Bush announced plans for a dramatic revamp of America's immigration regime. If the policy goes into effect, it will be the largest overhaul of our immigration system in more than 15 years. Do the proposals go too far? Not far enough? Join us as our panel of experts sorts through the pluses and minuses, the facts and the myths, of current immigration policy and the new Bush proposal.
Friday, January 9, 2004
12:00 p.m.
HILL BRIEFING
How Free Trade Promotes Democracy (, )
Featuring Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute.
A new Cato study finds strong evidence that free trade promotes democracy and respect for human rights in countries that open their borders to the global economy. Specifically, the research finds that countries that are the most open to trade are three times more likely to enjoy full civil and political liberties than those that are closed, and are nine times less likely to suffer under political tyranny. Cato scholar Dan Griswold will discuss the findings of his study and their implications for U.S. trade policy toward China, the Middle East, Central America, and Cuba.
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