TRADE FACILITATION IN AMERICA:
The Shifting Dynamics of Supply Chains, Ports and Labor Disputes

Thursday, January 22, 2015
9:00 am. to 10:30 a.m.
(Registration from 8:30 a.m.)
The National Press Club
529 14th Street, 13th Floor
Washington, DC  20045

The recent problems in the West Coast ports of the United States have highlighted America's own challenges in the realm of trade facilitation  Those challenges are even  more critical in an age of supply chain driving economices and even more daunting against the background of ever-changing port realitie -- from bigger ships, to automoation, to the expansion of the Panama Canal.  On January 22nd, we'll look at some of these developments with help from ...

Speakers

Kurt Nagle
American Association of Ports Authorities

Robyn Boerstling
NAM

Jonathan Gold
National Retail Federation

Thomas Jensen
UPS, and

Peter Friedmann
Agriculture Transportation Coalition. 

Price: $45 general admission.  There is no charge for GBD Members U.S. Government staff, or press.

To register, click the link below and follow the prompts.  We look forward to seeing you on January 22nd.