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SUMMARY:37th Annual Monetary and Trade Conference: Global Trade: Darkening 
 Clouds or New Beginnings?
DESCRIPTION: \n\nOn May 6\, 2019\, the Global Interdependence Center will h
 ost its Annual\nMonetary & Trade (AMT) Conference in partnership with the 
 LeBow\nCollege of Business at Drexel University. 2019 will mark the year o
 f\nour 37th AMT Conference\, with a keynote address from Patrick Harker\,\
 nPresident & CEO of the Federal Reserve bank of Philadelphia.\n\nThe confe
 rence explores global trade imbalance issues and offers a\nforum for discu
 ssion of the current status of trade relations among\nthe most significant
  world trade partners\, including the US\, China and\nthe European Union. 
 In particular\, the conference will address\npertinent issues to trade of 
 goods and services and focus on the\nInterconnections between trade flows 
 and financial services.\n\n_Agenda_\n\n8:30 – 8:50 A.M. | REGISTRATION\n
 \n8:50 – 9:00 A.M. | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS\n\n * Paul Jensen\, Dea
 n of LeBow College of Business\, Drexel University\n * Michael Papaioannou
 \, TA Expert-Advisor\, International Monetary\nFund\n * George Tsetsekos\,
  Dean Emeritus and the Francis Professor of\nFinance at LeBow’s College 
 of Business at Drexel University and GIC\nBoard Member\n\n9:00 – 10:00 A
 .M. | SESSION 1: GLOBAL TRADE IMBALANCES AND CURRENT\nCHALLENGES\n\n_Topic
 s_:\n\n * Origins of trade imbalances and effects of trade barriers (e.g.\
 ,\ntariffs) on the trade balance and current account.\n * Implications of 
 global trade imbalances for local and\ninternational macroeconomics and fi
 nancial stability (e.g.\, economic\ngrowth\, employment\, prices\, fiscal 
 accounts\, exchange rate and capital\nmarket volatility).\n * Proposals to
  ameliorate global trade imbalances: efficacy and\nprospects of implementa
 tion.\n\n_Panel_:\n\n * Moderator: Michael Papaioannou. TA Expert-Advisor\
 , International\nMonetary Fund\n * Apostolos Apostolou\, Economist\, Inter
 national Monetary Fund\n * Philip Kenworthy\, First Secretary\, British Em
 bassy Washington\n * Stephen Tokarick\, Lecturer\, Johns Hopkins School of
  Advanced\nInternational Studies\n\n10:00 – 10:30 A.M. | KEYNOTE ADDRESS
 : ECONOMIC OUTLOOK\n\n * Patrick Harker\, President and CEO of the Federal
  Reserve Bank of\nPhiladelphia\n\n10:30 – 10:45 A.M. | BREAK\n\n10:45 A.
 M. – 12:00 P.M. | SESSION 2: INTER-LINKAGES BETWEEN TRADE\,\nFINANCE AND
  INVESTMENTS\n\n_Topics_:\n\n * Trade relations\, challenges and current a
 nd pending agreements.\n * What are the main channels of inter-linkages? D
 o these\ninter-linkages increase domestic and international economic and\n
 financial volatility?\n * What should/can country authorities and internat
 ional financial\ninstitutions do?\n\n_Panel_:\n\n * Moderator: George Tset
 sekos\, Dean Emeritus and the Francis\nProfessor of Finance at LeBow’s C
 ollege of Business at Drexel\nUniversity and GIC Board Member\n * Andrew J
 . Patterson\, CFA\, Investment Analyst\, Vanguard Investment\nStrategy Gro
 up\n * Bill Stone\, Chief Investment Officer\, Avalon Advisors\, LLC\n * C
 atherine L. Mann\, Ph.D.\, Chief Economist\, Citi\n\n12:00 – 12:15 P.M. 
 | BREAK\n\n12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | SESSION 3: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES I
 N\nGLOBAL TRADE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES\n\n_Topics_:\n\n * The dy
 namics of current trade and financial relations among key\nglobal partners
 .\n * Challenges and trade sanctions for financial services firms.\n * The
  impact of sanctions on financial services firms.\n\n_Panel_:\n\n * Modera
 tor: Paul Thanos\, Director\, Office of Finance and Insurance\nIndustries\
 , Industry & Analysis\, U.S. Department of Commerce\n * Christine Bliss\, 
 President\, Coalition of Services Industries\n * Yancy Molnar\, Senior Vic
 e President\, Head of International\nGovernment Affairs & Public Policy\, 
 Chubb\n * Kimberley Claman\, Director of International Government Affairs\
 ,\nCiti\n * Christopher Melly\, Vice President\, Government Affairs\, AIG\
 n\n1:15 – 1:30 P.M. | CONCLUDING REMARKS\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 220 (Grand Meeting Room
 )\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104
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