Educational Program: Unveiling the Ambitions of Trump's 'America First' Trade Policy

Join us for an insightful educational program with Dr. Deborah Elms, author of "The Shock and Awe Hidden in Trump’s America First Trade Policy Memo," as she unpacks the strategic direction of U.S. trade policy. This program, organized in partnership with the Hinrich Foundation, will explore the key takeaways from the memo, the legal and economic implications of the proposed measures, and how they may shape global trade. Given the rapid developments in this space, we will also cover the latest policy changes and geopolitical shifts up until the time of the program. This educational program is solely developed and implemented by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA). It is designed to equip international correspondents with up-to-date insights and a deeper understanding of the evolving trade landscape.

📅 Date: Thursday, February 27
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM EST
📍 Virtual Educational Program

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About the Speaker:

Dr. Deborah Elms

Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation

Dr. Deborah Elms

Dr. Elms is Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was the Executive Director and Founder of the Asian Trade Centre (ATC). She was also President of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA) and the Board Director of the Asian Trade Centre Foundation (ATCF).

Dr. Elms serves on the board of the Trade and Investment Negotiation Adviser (TINA) at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP). She was on the International Advisory Council for APCO (2021-2023) and was a member of the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance and Chair of the Working Group on Trade Policy and Law. She was also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Trade and Investment Council for 2018-2020.

Prior to founding ATC/ATCF and the ABTA, she was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) and Senior fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Dr. Elms received a PhD in political science from the University of Washington, an MA in International Relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s degrees from Boston University.

She is the author of numerous articles, editor of several books, and regularly published the Talking Trade Blog. Dr. Elms also routinely appears on television and in major newspapers and magazines around the world to comment on trade and economic issues. Dr. Elms also makes frequent appearances at a range of global trade and economic workshops, conferences, capacity building sessions, and negotiations.