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Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Ambassador Barshefsky is senior international partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She joined the firm after serving as the US trade representative from 1997 to 2001, and acting and deputy USTR from 1993 to 1996. As the USTR and a member of the President's Cabinet, she was responsible for the negotiation of hundreds of complex agreements, including China's WTO Agreement, as well as global agreements in financial services, telecommunications, and intellectual property rights. She is a member of numerous organizations and is on the Board of the America-China Society and is a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of American Express Company, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Intel Corporation and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. She is based in Washington, DC.
May 20, 2008
| Authors: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP James T. Hill, President, The JT Hill Group, Inc. |
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Op-Ed
Miami Herald
“With the hemisphere far more integrated than most appreciate, U.S.-Latin American relations demand special attention,” say Charlene Barshefsky and James T. Hill—co-chairs of the Latin America Task Force.
See more in Americas, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 2008
Task Force Report No. 60
Task Force Report
This report recommends reframing U.S. policy around four critical areas—poverty and inequality, public security, migration, and energy security—that are of immediate concern to Latin America’s governments and citizens.
See more in Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 14, 2008
| Speakers: | Charlene Barshefsky, Task Force Co-Chair and Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Llp, Former U.S. Trade Representative General James T. Hill (Ret.), Task Force Co-Chair, Former Commander, U.S. Southern Command, and President, The Jt Hill Group, Inc. Shannon K. O'Neil, Task Force Director and Fellow for Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Karen J. DeYoung, Associate Editor and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, The Washington Post |
Transcript
See more in Central America, United States, South America
May 14, 2008
News Release
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March 6, 2008
| Speaker: | Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP |
Transcript
Panels discuss the current financial challenges.
See more in Economics, Business & Foreign Policy, International Finance
December 7, 2005
| Speakers: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Former U.S. Trade Representative (1997-2001) Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics William R. Cline, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics; Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Author, Trade Poilcy and Global Poverty Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics and Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy, Columbia University |
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| Presider: | James F. Hoge Jr., Peter G. Peterson Chair & Editor, Foreign Affairs |
Audio
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December 2005 -- WTO Special Edition
| Author: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Economics, International Organizations
January 12, 2004
| Speakers: | Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001 Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989-1993 Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP; U.S. Trade Representative, 1993-1997 |
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| Presider: | Louis V. Gerstner, Former Chairman, IBM Corporation |
Transcript
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January 12, 2004
| Speakers: | Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP; 1993 - 1997 Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company; Vice Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; U.S. Trade Representative, 1989 - 1993 Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; U.S. Trade Representative, 1997-2001 |
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| Presider: | Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Former Chairman, IBM Corporation |
Video
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October 19, 1999
| Speakers: | Alan H. McGowan, Syracuse University Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News and World Report |
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Transcript
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