On Thursday, May 14, at 4:00 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s GeoStrategy Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Freedom and Prosperity Center will host a high-level discussion on the US government’s new Trade Over Aid Initiative.
The United States is seeking to reform its approach to development assistance. The Trade Over Aid Initiative, which focuses on countries of strategic importance to the United States and was first launched in April at the United Nations, is intended to promote pro-business reforms in developing economies that create a mutually beneficial environment for both US businesses and local economies.
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Welcome Remarks
Jenna Ben-Yehuda
Executive Vice President,
Atlantic Council
Speakers
Dan Negrea
US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council,
United States Mission to the United Nations
Julia Nesheiwat
Vice President, Policy & Insight,
TC Energy;
Distinguished Fellow, Global Energy Center, Board Member,
Atlantic Council
More speakers to be announced.
Moderated by
Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
James Mazzarella
Senior Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center,
Atlantic Council
Agenda
4:00–4:05 p.m. | Welcome remarks
Featuring
Jenna Ben-Yehuda
Executive Vice President,
Atlantic Council
4:05–4:45 | Panel 1: Understanding the Trade Over Aid Initiative
Speakers
Dan Negrea
US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council,
United States Mission to the United Nations
More speakers to be announced.
Moderated by
Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
4:45–5:25 | Panel 2: Incentivizing the private sector
Speakers
Julia Nesheiwat
Vice President, Policy & Insight,
TC Energy;
Distinguished Fellow, Global Energy Center, Board Member,
Atlantic Council
More speakers to be announced.
Moderated by
James Mazzarella
Senior Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center,
Atlantic Council
5:25–5:30 | Closing remarks
Featuring
Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council
5:30-6:30 | Reception
The Atlantic Council will host a reception in the Adrienne Arsht Sky Lobby.
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The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.
The Freedom and Prosperity Center aims to increase the prosperity of the poor and marginalized in developing countries and to explore the nature of the relationship between freedom and prosperity in both developing and developed nations.
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