2022 fifth Wenger Annual Distinguished Lecture on International Trade
The Future of International Trade: Time to Change the Template?
October 20, 2022, presented by Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation, Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID), and WCL Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Speaker: Ricardo Ramirez Hernandez, Former member and Chair of the WTO Appellate Body.
Introductory Remarks: Padideh Ala’i, WCL Professor of Law; Director of Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID).
Moderator: Stacy Ettinger, Partner at K&L Gates.
2020 fourth Wenger Annual Distinguished Lecture on International Trade
US Trade Policy at a Crossroads
November 19, 2020, presented by Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation, Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID), and WCL Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Speaker: Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, Former US Trade Representative.
Introductory Remarks: Padideh Ala’i, WCL Professor of Law; Director of Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID)
2018 third Wenger Annual Distinguished Lecture on International Trade
The Great Paradox: Economic Nationalism in an Interdependent Age.
October 11, 2018, presented by Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation, Inc., Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID), and WCL Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Speaker: Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, president of the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC).
Rufus Yerxa has more than three decades of experience as a lawyer, diplomat, U.S. trade negotiator, and international official. He has been in key policymaking and management roles in Congress, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the World Trade Organization, and also spent several years in private law practice and the corporate world. He holds a BA in political science from the University of Washington (1973), a JD from Seattle University School of Law (1976), and an LL.B. in international law from the University of Cambridge, England (1977).
Introductory Remarks: Padideh Ala’i, WCL Professor of Law; Director of Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID)
2017 Second Wenger Annual Distinguished Lecture on International Trade
Current Standing and Future Prospects of The World Trading System, November 8, 2017, presented by Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation, Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID), and WCL Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Speaker: Ambassador Alan Wolff, WTO Deputy Director-General
Introductory Remarks: Padideh Ala’i, WCL Professor of Law; Director of Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID)
Moderator: John Magnus, WCL Adjunct Professor; President, TradeWins L.LC.
2016 First Wenger Annual Distinguished Lecture on International Trade
U.S Trade Policy at a Crossroads: The Way Forward, November 10, 2016, presented by Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation, Program on Trade, Investment and Development (TID), and WCL Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Speaker: Timothy Reif, General Counsel of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Moderator: Matthew Nicely, WCL Adjunct Professor; Partner, International Trade and Customs Practice Group, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP