4400 E. Kentucky Ave.
Glendale
CO
43rd Annual World Trade Day 2016
Date: May 19, 2016
Event Location: Infinity Park
Address: 4400 E. Kentucky Ave., Glendale, CO
Description:
This year’s theme is “Exploring Your Trans-Pacific Partners”
World Trade Day is the premier international business event in the Rocky Mountain Region. The event convenes 500+ members of the international business community to focus on timely topics and/or particular regions, combining a series of speakers from the local business community, national and international leaders to share global insights, perspectives and best practices.
This year, the 43rd Annual World Trade Day theme is “Exploring Your Trans-Pacific Partners,” based on an agreement that proposes free trade between the United States and 11 other key trading partners bordering the Pacific Ocean.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an agreement that proposes free trade between the United States and 11 other key trading partners bordering the Pacific Ocean. This plan still needs to be ratified by each country’s congress, which proposes: the removal of tariffs, harmonized standards, labor and environmental alignment, and a dispute resolution mechanism.
Discussion Topics
- TPP Impact
- How Innovation is Redefining Trade
- Anti- Corruption and Transparency
- Labor, Technical and Environmental Standards
- Cybersecurity and Trade
- Investors State Dispute Settlement
Keynote Speakers & Special Guest
Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Pete Mento, Principal, Ryan
Find out more and register at wtcdenver.org
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