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From the 2026 CME Group Foundation Symposium, "Toward a New International Trading System." Welcome remarks by Jill O'Donnell, the Haggart-Work Director of the Clayton Yeutter Institute. The symposium was made possible by the generous support of the CME Group Foundation. For more information and recordings: https://yeutter-institute.unl.edu/events/2026-symposium-toward-new-international-trading-sys...

From the 2026 CME Group Foundation Symposium, "Toward a New International Trading System." Julie Callahan, the chief U.S. agricultural negotiator, gave the opening keynote, "An Update on U.S. Agricultural Trade Priorities." The symposium was made possible by the generous support of the CME Group Foundation. For more information and recordings: https://yeutter-institute.unl.edu/events/2026-symposiu...

From the 2026 CME Group Foundation Symposium, "Toward a New International Trading System." Our last panel, "Path Dependency and the Future of Trade," featured Robert Koopman, Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University School of International Service, who was also the former chief economist at the WTO, and Maria Pagán, the former USTR deputy and U.S. Ambassador to the WTO. The panel...

From the 2026 CME Group Foundation Symposium, "Toward a New International Trading System." Our second panel features Jayson Beckman, Mike Yanney Yeutter Institute Chair in the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, department of agricultural economics, Joe Galuber, emeritus research fellow for the International Food Policy Research Institute and former chief economist in the U.S. d...

From the 2026 CME Group Foundation Symposium, "Toward a New International Trading System." Our first panel, "Perspectives from Law, Policy, and Industry," features, Kathleen Claussen, a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center and former Associate General Counsel of the USTR, Mike Boyle, the president of Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp., and Angela Paolini Ellard, a senior adviser for the Cente...

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Opening remarks by Mike Boyle President at Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp. Featuring Wendy Cutler Senior VP, Asia Society Policy Institute and former Acting Deputy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. There are more than 120 Nebraska companies actively involved in trade with Japan. Nebraska established its first international office in the country, the Nebraska Center Japan, in 2006, which serves...

A Conversation with Darci Vetter: Panel with University Students

Closing keynote by Edward Alden, Council on Foreign Relations, at the 2022 Yeutter Institute Symposium held November 2, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the CME Group Foundation Symposium.

Session four of the 2022 Yeutter Institute Symposium held November 2, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. -- How is the Asia Pacific region changing and what are the implications for U.S. trade strategy? This session takes a deep dive into regional leadership dynamics between China, Japan and countries of Southeast Asia. It also considers how security issues impact international trade, including the risks a geop...

Session two of the 2022 Yeutter Institute Symposium held November 2, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. ---- What's taken place since the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020? With novel provisions on labor rights, tighter rules of origin for automobiles and parts, and ongoing talks over an energy dispute, our tri-national this panel provides a check-in on USMCA and discusses...

Session three of the 2022 Yeutter Institute Symposium held November 2, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. ---- Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent shocks through global markets. As the fighting and devastation continues, uncertainty remains high. Our panelists take stock of what we know about the impact of the war on agricultural markets and food security so far, and how the fighting might change th...

Opening keynote remarks by Andrea Durkin, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for WTO and Multilateral Affairs at the 2022 Yeutter Institute Symposium held November 2, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the CME Group Foundation Symposium

Motivated by the "disconnect between policy makers in Washington and everyone else," Catherine Novelli, a former trade negotiator and State Department official, set off on a nationwide listening tour in an effort to understand how individuals and small businesses experience trade and how it affects their communities. Novelli and the Listening for America team spoke to over 1,000 Americans across t...

Book release of "Rhymes with Fighter: Clayton Yeutter, American Statesman," by Joseph Weber, a biography of the native Nebraskan who rose to work for four U.S. presidents, serving in two cabinets as U.S. Trade Representative and Agriculture Secretary. Featuring a discussion with the author and USTR alumni Darci Vetter and Warren Maruyama on Yeutter’s impact and the future of global trade. About th...

Amid growing recognition of the mismatch between the way American citizens view their own interests and the way U.S. leaders define the national interest, the search is on for solutions. Ambassador Marc Grossman discusses what he and fellow former diplomats think should be done to address this challenge through the American Diplomacy Project at Harvard University. Drawing upon his 29-year diplomat...

For 25 years, the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body served as a “last resort” for the WTO’s 164 member countries to seek binding resolutions to trade disputes. The United States continues to block the appointment of new members to the Appellate Body because of concerns about overreach. As a result, the Appellate Body ceased to function in December 2019 when the terms of two of its remainin...

Participants in international agricultural trade face operational risks related to price, credit, non-tariff barriers, and disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. They also face political risk – the likelihood that a political action will significantly affect their business. From both a corporate and a banking perspective, this session examines the impact of these risks on the agricultura...

Under the Trump Administration, the United States has concluded partial, or phased, trade agreements with Japan and China and is currently negotiating limited deals with India, the European Union and the United Kingdom, along with a comprehensive deal with Kenya. The phased approach departs from the typical practice of pursuing deals that cover “substantially all trade” between the parties, in lin...

Britain’s exit from the European Union (“Brexit”) in January 2020 put the country back in charge of its trade policy. Now, it must settle the terms of its future trading relationship with the EU by the end of this year and decide whether and how to pursue its own trade agreements with non-EU countries. Trade negotiations between the U.S. and UK launched in May 2020. Dr. Lorand Bartels and Dr. Kyle...

Chinese government subsidies to favored industries and the role of state-owned enterprises, along with the overarching role of the state in the Chinese economy, are at the core of U.S.-China trade tensions and are not addressed in the U.S.-China phase one trade deal, signed in January 2020. Kelly Ann Shaw and Stephen Olson walk through these challenges and ongoing efforts to address them through t...

The COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom’s Brexit journey, and the U.S.-China trade war have all contributed to greater uncertainty in international trade. How do we measure it? In the opening keynote for the Yeutter Institute webinar series “International Trade: Measuring and Managing Risk and Uncertainty”, Dr. Nicholas Bloom discusses the World Uncertainty Index he co-created and what it can te...

Careers in international trade span numerous roles and responsibilities across the government and private sectors. Hear from professionals involved in a range of trade issues about their career journeys and get their advice on how to get started on a career in trade! Featuring Meredith Bond, the Director of the US Commercial Service’s Omaha office, a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Commer...

Panel 3: The Indo-Pacific: Shifts in Supply Chains and Regional Integration Katrin Kuhlmann, Faculty Co-Director, Center on Inclusive Trade and Development and Professor, Georgetown Law; President and Founder, New Markets Lab James McVitty, Vice President, Trade Strategy, Sustainability & Stakeholder Affairs-Americas, Fonterra (New Zealand) Warren Maruyama, Partner, Hogan Lovells; former General C...

Panel 2: New Dynamics of U.S. Trade Policymaking and Negotiations Kathleen Claussen, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Amy Porges, Porges Trade Law, LLC; former Senior Counsel for Dispute Settlement and head of enforcement at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; former Senior Legal Officer and Counsellor in the Secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Mere...