Journalist to share insights into future of free trade, Doha

Prize-winning journalist Paul Blustein will visit campus Thursday, Feb. 5, as the featured speaker for “Free Trade under Threat: Impact for U.S. Business,” a public lecture with question-and-answer session hosted by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the Wisconsin School of Business.

Blustein, currently a journalist-in-residence in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., will provide remarks on his upcoming book about the World Trade Organization and Doha Round free trade talks. In addition, he will examine issues such as: “How should the Obama administration approach international trade?”, “What is the outlook for resuscitating the Doha Round?” and “What does the threat to global trade mean for U.S. business?”

A well-known expert in international trade and economic policy, Blustein is the author of “The Chastening: Inside the Crisis That Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the IMF” and “And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out): Wall Street, the IMF and the Bankrupting of Argentina.”

The event will take place from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room of Grainger Hall. Registration is $30/MITA members and $35/non-MITA members and includes lunch. Seating and parking are available but limited. To reserve your spot, please RSVP to Julie Lane at uwmadisonciber@bus.wisc.edu by 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. Payment will be accepted by cash or check at the door on the day of the event.