Inter-American Dialogue

And to chat about all this, we're welcoming back Wendy Cutler, senior vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former acting deputy United States trade representative.

Kelly Maimon Hawk is a senior counselor at McLarty Associates, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a board member of the Inter-American Dialogue and a former director of Brazil and the Southern Cone at the Office of the United States Trade Rep. Mike Smart is managing director at Rock Creek Global Advisors.

He's a former director for international trade investment at the National Security Council at the White House and a former trade counsel on the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee.

And our discussion facilitator this week is Joe Damond, a non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in their Southeast Asia program and a former deputy assistant USTR for Asia.

He's a former Director for International Trade and Investment, the National Security Council, and a former Trade Counsel to Democratic staff at the US Senate Committee on Finance.

And our discussion leader today, Kelly Mimenha, is a Senior Counselor at McLarty Associates, an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, a board member of the Inter-American Dialogue, and former Director of Brazil and the Southern Cone at the Office of the US Trade Rep.

Thank you for joining us, Kelly.

Great.