Join ASPI Vice President Wendy Cutler and the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) for an interview with Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL).

WITA is hosting a webinar on the discussion of U.S.-China Relations and Trade with Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He will be discussing U.S.-China relations and trade.

LaHood currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee after being selected by his colleagues in January of 2018. The Ways and Means Committee is the House’s oldest committee and has jurisdiction over all taxation, trade and tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures. He serves on the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Tax Policy and Oversight.

Register Via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hg47b8NWRFSU7AxZeMhheA

Speakers

Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee after being selected by his colleagues in January of 2018. The Ways and Means Committee is the House’s oldest committee and has jurisdiction over all taxation, trade and tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures. He serves on the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Tax Policy and Oversight. Rep. LaHood, born and raised in Peoria, serves the constituents of the 18th District of Illinois, which includes his hometown. A third-generation Peorian, Rep. LaHood graduated from Spalding High School. He earned a B.A. from Loras College and holds a J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.

Ken Levinson serves as the Executive Director of the Washington International Trade Association (WITA).  WITA is Washington’s largest non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing a neutral forum in the U.S. capital for the open and robust discussion of international trade policy and economic issues. WITA and its affiliated groups have over 5,000 members, and more than 160 corporate sponsors and group memberships. Levinson has over 25 years of experience working with companies, associations, NGOs and governments, advocating innovative solutions to complex public policy challenges. Over the years, he has worked with clients in the technology, telecommunications, bio-pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food, financial services, retail, apparel, energy, and consumer products sectors. Levinson received his Master’s Degree from New York University after doing his undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst.

Wendy Cutler joined the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) as Vice President in November 2015. She also serves as Managing Director of the Washington, D.C. Office. She joined ASPI following an illustrious career of nearly three decades as a diplomat and negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Most recently she served as Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, working on a range of U.S. trade negotiations and initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region. In that capacity she was responsible for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, including the bilateral negotiations with Japan. She also was the chief negotiator to the U.S.-Korea (Korus) Free Trade Agreement.

The event is hosted in partnership with the Washington International Trade Association (WITA).