PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE, TO BE ANNOUNCED.

This panel will consider the extent to which trends toward environmentally-friendly, low-carbon footprint production and consumption might affect the prospects for American-European trade in goods and services. Panelists will consider whether such effects will be mitigated or exacerbated by sustainability clauses in the proposed TTIP agreement on US-European trade. Questions to be considered include: How nimble are American [and European] companies in this context? Have they anticipated such changes? Do they have products and services that can be profitably traded in a ³high sustainability² milieu? Are there any advantages to American business in such an environment?

A wine and cheese networking reception will follow immediately after the panel discussion.
 
Speakers:
Dale Medearis, Ph.D. ­ Senior Environmental Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
Damien Levie ­ Head of trade and Agriculture Section, delegation of the European Union to the United States
Omar Oweiss ­ Director, Germany Trade & Invest, Washington Office (tentative)

Additional speakers will be confirmed shortly.
 
If you have questions, please contact Steve Lund, slund@pitt.edu, Assistant Director of the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.  To register, go to http://tinyurl.com/ESCTransatlantic.