Political developments affecting American business and new challenges and directions in political risk analysis will be the focus of a public forum from 8 a.m.-noon March 23 in the May Auditorium of Simon Hall.
“Global Challenges to U.S. Business,” sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy in Arts & Sciences, is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for a continental breakfast, followed at 8 a.m. with an introduction by Nathan M. Jensen, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, and a keynote address on “What China Means for the United States” by Geoffrey Garrett, president of the Pacific Council on International Policy and professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California.
“Challenges to American Business Abroad” is the focus of the first panel discussion, which begins at 9 a.m. Participants include Charles G. Schott, deputy assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Omar Garcia-Bolivar, president of BG Consulting and an expert on legal and regulatory issues influencing foreign investment and trade with Latin America. Focusing on exchange rate movements, trade disputes, economic nationalism and other global challenges, the discussion will be moderated by Murray L. Weidenbaum, Ph.D., professor of economics, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and honorary chair of the Weidenbaum Center.
The second panel, “Politics and Political Risk in the Developing World,” begins at 10:30 a.m. Participants include Witold Henisz, associate professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and expert on the political hazards of international investments; Paul Vaaler, associate professor of business administration at the University of Illinois and expert on risk and investment strategies in emerging-market countries; and Beth Simmons, professor of government at Harvard University and expert on the effects of international law and institutions on state behavior and policy choice.
A non-public academic workshop on these same topics will be held the afternoon of March 23 and March 24.
For more information, call 935-5652 or visit wc.wustl.edu.