On March 12, the United Steelworkers and other unions filed a Section 301 petition seeking U.S. government action against China over its subsidies and other market‐distorting measures in supporting its shipbuilding industry. This is one of seven strategic sectors first identified by Beijing as a priority in 2006, and again in their Made in China 2025 plan. 

Please join the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) and the Asia Society Policy Institute as we look at trends in the Chinese shipbuilding and logistics industries, past efforts to incentivize American shipbuilding, and what role trade remedies can play to help revitalize this U.S. industry.

SPEAKERS

Elizabeth Drake, International Trade Attorney and Partner, Schagrin Associates; currently serving as counsel to United Steelworkers and other interested parties in the recently filed Section 301 petition

Colin Grabow, Research Fellow, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; author of Sorry Unions, China Isn’t Responsible for US Shipbuilding Woes | Cato at Liberty Blog

Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, U.S. Navy (Retired); Senior Fellow in Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA); former Director & Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, Office of Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; author of China as a Twenty-First Century Naval Power

David Ross, Partner & Chair, International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice Group, WilmerHale; former International Trade Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance

Wendy Cutler (Moderator), Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Washington, DC Office; former Acting Deputy United States Trade Representative