FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Time Content Presenters

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Geoeconomics

Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University
(paper)(slides)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

International Trade in an Uncertain World

Stephen Redding, Stanford University
(slides)

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Panel: The Future of International Institutions    

Emily Blanchard, Dartmouth College, and former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of State
(slides)

Chad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of State
(paper)

Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich, and former Chief Economist, World Trade Organization
(slides)

2:00 - 3:00 PM

The Political Economy of Chinese Sovereign and Infrastructure Lending

Christoph Trebesch, Kiel Institute
(slides)

3:15 - 4:15 PM

U.S China Security Relations

James Fearon, Stanford University 
(slides)

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Panel on Trade and Financial Policy for National Security and Supply Chain Resiliency

H.R. McMaster, Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Brent Neiman, University of Chicago, and former United States Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance                                  

Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, and the 66th United States Secretary of State

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