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Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company
Ms. Hills is chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, an international consulting firm providing advice to U.S. businesses on investment, trade, and risk assessment issues abroad, particularly in emerging market economies. As U.S. trade representative from 1989 to 1993, she was the President’s principal adviser on international trade policy as well as the nation’s chief trade negotiator, representing American interests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations throughout the world. She also serves as chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, vice chair of the Inter-American Dialogue, member of the executive committee of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and of the Trilateral Commission, co-chair of the CSIS Advisory Board, and is a member of the board of the U.S.-China Business Council and Gilead Sciences, Inc. Ms. Hills served as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and as assistant attorney general in the civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She is based in Washington, DC.
Past Research Projects
![A Conversation with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]](/content/publications/images/Rice_Slide_Dec_6.jpg)
October 10, 2007
| Speaker: | Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO Hills and Company; Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations |
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses recent trade agreements with Peru, Columbia, and Panama.
See more in Central America, Colombia, Peru, Trade
October 9, 2007
| Speaker: | Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Listen to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss U.S.-Latin American relations, with specific regard to recent trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
See more in Americas, Democracy and Human Rights, Trade
October 1, 2007
| Speaker: | Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, India |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company |
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Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs of India, discusses the future direction of India-U.S. Relations.
See more in United States, India, Economics
October 1, 2007
| Speaker: | Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, India |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Watch Pranab Mukherjee, Indian minister of external affairs, discuss India's foreign policy approach in Asia and its growing security and trade relationship with the United States.
See more in United States, India
October 1, 2007
| Speaker: | Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, India |
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| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Listen to Pranab Mukherjee, Indian minister of external affairs, discuss India's foreign policy approach in Asia and its growing security and trade relationship with the United States.
See more in United States, India
May 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Cochair Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Task Force Cochair |
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| Presider: | Kathryn Pilgrim, Correspondent, CNN |
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Carla Hills and Dennis Blair, cochairs of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force Report entitled, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, discuss the report and U.S. policy toward China.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Carla A. Hills, Chairman/CEO, Carla Hills & Company Dennis C. Blair, Task Force Chair, Former Pacific Command Commander In Chief |
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Carla Hills and Dennis Blair, cochairs of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force Report entitled, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, discuss the report and U.S. policy toward China with members of the press.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command; Task Force Cochair Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Cochair |
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| Presider: | Kathryn Pilgrim, Anchor/Correspondent, CNN |
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Watch Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, which they cochaired.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command; Task Force Cochair Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Cochair |
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Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, summarize the findings of the Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report , U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command; Task Force Cochair Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Cochair |
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| Presider: | Kathryn Pilgrim, Anchor/Correspondent, CNN |
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Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, which they cochaired.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 26, 2007
| Authors: | Carla A. Hills, Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company Dennis C. Blair, Former Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Command |
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Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 10, 2007
| Speakers: | Dennis C. Blair, Institute For Defense Analyses, Former Commander In Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Task Force Chair Carla A. Hills, Hills & Company, Former U.S. Trade Representative, Task Force Chair |
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| Presider: | Judy C. Woodruff, Senior Correspondent, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer |
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Task Force Chairs Dennis C. Blair and Carla A. Hills discuss the findings of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 10, 2007
| Speakers: | Dennis C. Blair, Task Force Chair, Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command, and immediate past President, Institute for Defense Analyses Carla A. Hills, Former U.S. Trade Representative, and Chairwoman and CEO, Hills & Company |
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Task Force Chairs Dennis C. Blair and Carla A. Hills brief the press on the findings of the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 10, 2007
News Release
Although China’s future is uncertain, “further integrating China into the global community offers the best hope of shaping China’s interests and conduct in accordance with international norms on security, trade and finance, and human rights, and encouraging collaboration to confront the challenges both countries face,” finds a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, U.S.- China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
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April 10, 2007
Carla A. Hills, Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company interviewed by Carin Zissis
Interview
Carla A. Hills, co-chair of the CFR Task Force on U.S.-China relations, discusses the group’s recommendation for greater diplomatic engagement.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion, Public Diplomacy
April 2007
Task Force Report No. 59
Task Force Report
This report takes stock of the changes under way in China and what they mean for China and for U.S.-China relations. This report is also available in Chinese.
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 2005 -- WTO Special Edition
| Author: | Carla A. Hills, Co-Chairman; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Economics, International Organizations
October 5, 2005
| Speakers: | Jamie S. Gorelick, Partner, Wilmerhale; Commissioner, National Commission On Terrorist Attacks (9/11 Commission) Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Former United States Representative (1989-93) |
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| Presider: | Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations |
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March 14, 2005
Transcript
March 14, 2005
| Presider: | Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer, Hills & Company; former U.S. trade representative |
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