trump. we ll hear from former clinton and obama trade officials as they talk about protectionist policies. the role of the u.s. in the world trade organization, and president trump s proposed renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement known as nafta. this is an hour and a half. glad to see everyone here. i am john mayo, a professor of economics, business and public policy at georgetown university s mcdonough school of business. i am also the executive director of our host institution for today, the georgetown center for business and public policy. i will tell you that we are delighted today to have a discussion on something very important, near and dear to the georgetown center, and that is the subject of trade policy. and in particular, we are going to examine the issue of whether trade remedies, thinks tariffs, quotas and the like, remedy act to remedy unfair trade practices, or are they themselves simply protectionist policies? tod today s panel will be m
c-span 2 and watch anytime on c-span.org. and listen on the free c-span radio app. next, a discussion on the future of u.s. trade policy and current trade protection measures proposed by president trump. we ll hear from former clinton and obama trade officials as they talk about protectionist policies. the role of the u.s. in the world trade organization, and president trump s proposed renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement known as nafta. this is an hour and a half. glad to see everyone here. i am john mayo, a professor of economics, business and public policy at georgetown university s mcdonough school of business. i am also the executive director of our host institution for today, the georgetown center for business and public policy. i will tell you that we are delighted today to have a discussion on something very important, near and dear to the georgetown center, and that is the subject of trade policy. and in particular, we are going to examine the
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