On Wednesday, April 24th, the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) in collaboration with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) cohosted a webinar to 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.

Moderated by Wendy Cutler, ASPI's Vice President and Managing Director, the event featured insights from Elizabeth Drake, International Trade Attorney and Partner at Schagrin Associates; Colin Grabow, Research Fellow at the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies of the Cato Institute; Captain Jonathan Kaskin, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Chair, Merchant Marine Affairs Committee, Navy League of the U.S. and Senior Fellow, the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA); Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, U.S. Navy (Retired), Senior Fellow in Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and former Director & Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, Office of Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; and David Ross, Partner & Chair, International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice Group, at WilmerHale and former International Trade Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Finance.