Are Pitcairn Island (UK), China and Taiwan really joining CPTPP?

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST
via Zoom

WITA and the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University discussed the potential for the UK and China to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Ken Levinson, WITA Executive Director, provided welcoming remarks.

Panel Discussion:

The Honorable Tim Groser, former Ambassador of New Zealand, and former Minister of Trade

Wendy Cutler, former US negotiator of the original TransPacific Partnership, and current Senior Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute

Shanker Singham, CEO, Competere, and Director of the International Trade and Competition Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and Head of Trade at the Centre for Economics and Business Research

Led and moderated by Jay Shambaugh, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University, and former Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors