NEW REALITIES FOR CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES:
Meeting Infrastructure, Trade, and Development Challenges
In a Changing Political Landscape

Thursday, October 29, 2015
2:30 p.m. to 5 p. m.
(Registration from 2 p.m.)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Lower Level Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Ave., NW.
Washington, DC  20036

With the election Monday of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau,  Canada has a new prime minister and the United States is very much caught up in the throes of the 2016 presidential election.  The political landscape is changing.  The infrastructure challenges facing the northern two countries of North America are huge and the trade issue no less so.  Among the items on the trade agenda of the two countries are the fate of the TPP agreement, the end of the Softwood Lumber Agreement, and threat of Canadian retaliation against U.S. exports because of U.S. labeling requirements for beef and pork (COOL). 

The first panel in this event organized by the Canada-United States Law Institute will explore the value of bilateral approaches to infrastructure development as a driver of economic growth.  A second panel will consider the trade issues.   The confirmed speakers on the two panels are: 

On Infrastructure and Development

Professor Christopher Sands
Director of the Center for Canadian Studies
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Panel Chair, with

John Beck of Aecon Group Inc. 
Leif Dormsjo, DC Department of Transportation
Monique Smith, Government of Ontario (DC Office) and 
J. Douglas Koelemay, Virginia Office of Public-Private Partnership

On the Trade Issues

Hon. Doug George
Canadian Consul General in Detroit
Panel Chair, with 

John M. Melle, USTR
Lawrence Herman, Herman and Associates and
  CUSLI Executive Committee, and
Richard O. Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson

Chatham House Rule.  This meeting will be held under the Chatham House rule.  In other words, “… the participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant may be revealed."

 Free with Registration.  There is no charge for this session, but registration is required.  To register, just click the link below and follow the prompts. 

About CUSLI.  The Canada-United States Law Institute (CULSI) is a bi-national program of Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio,  and the University of Western Ontario School of Law in London, Ontario.    

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