TOPIC:            India and China: An Advanced Technology Race and How the United States                                                                                 Should Respond

SPEAKER:      Ernest Preeg, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI

TIME:              10:30 until 12:00, Monday June 2

PLACE:           Offices of Wiley Rein LLP

                        1776 K Street, NW

                        Fourth floor conference room

COST:             $10 for CPA members

                        $20 for non-members

                        No charge for government employees

DETAILS:        China and India are developing export-oriented “advanced technology superstates” that will challenge U.S. technological preeminence.  In his new book India and China: An Advanced Technology Race and How the United States Should Respond, Ernest Preeg analyzes trade and export competitiveness in advanced technology industries, geopolitics and geostrategy, the New Asia-Pacific Triangle, and the interaction between international financial, trade, and investment policy with domestic economic policy agendas.  In his remarks, Mr. Preeg will explore the trade, tax, education, and R&D policy changes the U.S. needs to make to keep its competitive edge.  Mr. Preeg is senior fellow in trade and productivity at MAPI and a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International studies.  He has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, Chief Economist for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and White House Executive Director of the Economic Policy Group.  He is the author of Traders in a Brave New World: The Uruguay Round and the Future of the International Trading System; From Here to Free Trade in Manufactures: Why and How; and The Emerging Chinese Advanced Technology Superstate.

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