William Krist's Blog, page 57

The Ultimate Disruptive Technology: 3D Printing Will Not Only Change the Way We Trade; it Will Change the Way We Live

Today’s product regulation and trade regimes resemble World War One cavalry facing off against modern mechanized divisions.  It is imperative that we begin the process of entirely reimagining what functional health, safety and trade regimes will look like in the next decades.  3D printing and the disaggregation and diffusion of product design and manufacturing – […]

2016’s Other Big Trade Opportunity: The Trade in Services Agreement

While debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mounts in Washington, many trade mavens are keeping at least one eye on the negotiations in Geneva for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). This pact could be concluded as soon as December—if a strong agreement can be reached.Negotiators have been working for more than three years to […]

NextGenTrade™ by WITA

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know.”                       […]

Let’s Get the Investment Chapter Right in TTIP

The Investment chapter, and more specifically the arbitration provisions or “Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)” provisions in that chapter, have turned out to be some of the most important and controversial elements of the U.S.-EU effort to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). For many of us in the business community on both sides […]

Is trade really so unpopular with both parties?

July 28, 2016 I By: Steve Lamar Convention platforms rarely endure. Written by a committee, incorporating uneasy compromises and reflecting a single candidate’s campaign priorities, these documents often have a short shelf life. That’s perhaps the silver lining when one looks at the rambling discourse on international trade contained in the Republican and Democratic convention […]

Globalization and its discontents: How the Trump/Brexit movements might herald New World Orders

June 25th, 2016 | By: Eric Bovim Early this spring, when a Trump presidency seemed still just a chimera, I hosted a private dinner for over two dozen sitting ambassadors at a Washington hotel. The topic was the future of NATO. My guests all spoke of their great admiration for the United States, even those […]

Forbes: The U.S. And China Are Both Wrong On Steel

May 23rd, 2016 | By: Daniel R. Pearson The United States and China have begun a “bilateral steel dialogue” to discuss curbing surplus global supplies. China is the world’s largest steel producer and exporter. The United States is the fourth largest producer and a leading importer, so a useful exchange of ideas ought to be […]

The U.S. and China Are Both Wrong on Steel

This article originally appeared in Forbes on May 23, 2016. The United States and China have begun a “bilateral steel dialogue” to discuss curbing surplus global supplies. China is the world’s largest steel producer and exporter. The United States is the fourth largest producer and a leading importer, so a useful exchange of ideas ought […]

USITC RELEASES REPORT CONCERNING THE LIKELY IMPACT OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (TPP) AGREEMENT

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released its report assessing the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement that the President has entered into with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The USITC’s report, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on […]

There’s Only a Slim Chance TPP Will Be Ratified This Year

This article originally appears on Fortune.com on May 5, 2016 But it should be. The web offers two definitions for the term “lame duck.” One refers to politicians who are still in office after an election that they did not run in—or lost. The other is historical—the term was used to describe a broker in […]