The two-panel workshop will feature former Secretary of Commerce & U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor; Sidney Rittenberg, President, Rittenberg and Associates; China’s ABC Holdings Chairman QiWei Chen; Alex Xu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of GreenTree Inns Hotel Group in Shanghai and Los Angeles; Harvard Sr. Research Fellow William Overholt; from Beijing, APCO Worldwide Sr. Counselor James McGregor; and William Zarit, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in China. The event is co-sponsored by USC Marshall School’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).
| THE BIG PICTURE: GROWTH AND TRADE | |
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Mickey Kantor Partner, Mayer Brown Former Secretary of Commerce & U.S. Trade Representative |
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William Overholt Sr. Research Fellow, Kennedy School, Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
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Sidney Rittenberg President Rittenberg and Associates Seattle and Beijing |
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Moderated by Thomas E. McLain Chair, Asia Society Southern California Trustee, Asia Society Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP |
| IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS | |
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QiWei Chen Chairman, ABC Holdings and Chairman and Managing Partner, ABC Capital Shanghai, China |
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James McGregor Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide Beijing |
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Alex Xu Founder, Chairman and CEO, GreenTree Inns Hotel Group Shanghai |
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William Zarit Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, American Embassy Beijing |
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Moderated by Richard Drobnick Director, Center for International Business Education and Research, USC Marshall School of Business Los Angeles |