A CELIS EVENT
in collaboration with Center for International Private Enterprise

 

Transatlantic Ties: A Strategic Dialogue on US-EU Investment Screening and Economic Security

 

7 May 2024

Washington, DC (USA)

The event is generously supported by the following CELIS Patrons

About the Event

ABOUT THE EVENT

The ½ day event, consisting of 3 panels and discussions, will focus on key investment screening and national security issues in the US and EU, including their impact on transatlantic trade relations. This exclusive event is aimed at selected US and European government officials, as well as representatives from business, private practice, finance, banking and academia.

It aims to strengthen a transatlantic approach (and ties) to economic security and investment screening among key stakeholders.

PANEL TOPICS

  • Two panels on latest strategic developments in the US and the EU in investment screening and economic security, including their impact on the transatlantic trade relations
  • One panel on “The Super Election Year 2024 in the EU and the USA” and its implications on economic security?
  • Closing remarks by H.E. the EU Ambassador to the United States

SPEAKERS

  • US public servants, leading US private practitioners in the field of economic security and trade, representative from business and academia
  • EU / European experts (including high-level speaker from the European Commission and the EU Member States, leading private practitioner; representative from business and academia
  • Engage in dialogue with key policy makers and leading experts from government, business, private legal practice, and academia.
  • Hear about the latest US and European thinking on investment screening and economic security relevant to overcome current challenges

Agenda at a Glance

State May 07, 2024

Venue
1850 K Street, NW,
Washington, DC US 20006
(Milbank Conference Center)

(All speakers confirmed)
 

13.00-13.30

Registration and Light Lunch

 

 

13.30 -13.40

Welcome

 

John Beahn, Partner, Milbank LLP, Washington DC

Professor Steffen Hindelang, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Uppsala University, Sweden

 

 

13.40 -14.00

Keynote

 

by Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Analysis, Grant T. Harris, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington DC

in a conversation with Professor Steffen Hindelang, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Uppsala University, Sweden

   

14.00 -15.00

Panel 1

 

Recent developments and perspectives in US investment screening and economic security regulation

 

 

 

Moderator:

John Kabealo, Kabealo Law, Washington DC

Panellists:

Dr Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor, Department: International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, IN; Resident Senior Fellow with the GeoEconomics Center’s Economic Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council, Washington DC

Lori Fredericks Romero, Lead Trade Compliance Counsel, L3Harris Technologies, Washington DC

Director Meena Sharma, Office of Investment Security Policy and International Relations, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington DC

Malcolm (“Mick”) Tuesley, Partner, Simpson Thacher LLP, Washington DC

Director Adam Vaccaro, Office of Investment Security/CFIUS Coordinator, The International Trade Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce

   

15.00-15.30

Coffee

 

15.30-16.30

Panel 2

 

Recent developments and perspectives in European investment screening and economic security regulation

 

 

 

Moderator:

Dr Roland M Stein, CELIS Institute, Berlin; Blomstein Attorneys, Berlin

Panellists:

Ana-Maria Belacurencu (nee Popa), Romanian Competition Council, Bucharest

Thomas Ernoult, Head of the Unit for Foreign Investment Screening (CIEF) at the French Treasury, Paris (remote)

Director Peter Sandler, Director for Enforcement, Market Access, SMEs, Legal Affairs and Technology, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels (remote)

   

16.30-17.00

Coffee

 

 

17.00-18.00

Panel 3

 

The Super Election Year 2024 in the EU and the USA: Implications on Economic Security?

 

 

 

Moderator:

Andrew Wilson, Executive Director, CIPE, Washington DC

Panellists:

Dr Frances Burwell, Distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center; Senior Director, McLarty Associates, Washington, DC

Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Brussels/Strasbourg (remote)

The Honorable Tom Feddo, The Rubicon Advisors, LLC, Washington DC

Ivan Schlager, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington DC

   

18.00-18.15

Closing remarks

 

H. E. Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupsiene, Permanent Representation of the EU to the US, Washington DC

   

18.15-19.00

Drinks reception

 

 

19.30

Dinner (by special invitation)

Impressions of the event

Opening Remarks by Grant T. Harris, Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, U. S. Department of Commerce

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Panel 1: Recent developments and perspectives in US investment screening and economic security regulation

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Panel 2: Recent developments and perspectives in US investment screening and economic security regulation

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Panel 3: The Super Election Year 2024 in the EU and the US: Implications on Economic Security?

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Closing Remarks by H. E. Jovita Neliupsiene, Ambassador of the EU to the US

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Get-together at Milbank

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Venue

1850 K Street, NW, Milbank Conference Center, Washington, DC US 20006.
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