US-EU relations in perspective

Fundación Alternativas, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, organises the seminar “US-EU relations in perspective. Reflections on a common agenda”, which will be held on Wednesday, March 19 at 10:00 am in Washington DC.

We will have Spanish, European and American speakers from different backgrounds, and we hope to promote a frank and plural debate on the common challenges for the immediate future.

The ultimate goal of this meeting is to contribute positively to transatlantic cooperation in times of turbulence and changes.

Program

10.00: REGISTRATION

10.15: OPENING SESSION

• Vicente Palacio
  Foreign Policy Director, Fundación Alternativas

• Pablo Sanz
  Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Spain in Washington

10.30: THE EU PERSPECTIVE: DOMESTIC AND TRANSATLANTIC

• Ruth Bajada
  Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Union to the United States

• Vicente Palacio
  Foreign Policy Director, Fundación Alternativas

11.00: PANEL  1. TRADE, INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND THE GREEN DEAL IN THE US AND EUROPE

• Enrico Letta 
  Former Italian Prime Minister. Author of the report Much More than a Market (Video)

• Ignacio García Bercero 
  Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel. Former director at the Directorate for Trade at the European Commission (on line)

• Federico Steinberg 
  Economist. Chair Príncipe de Asturias, Georgetown University

• Tracy B. McKibben 
  Founder and CEO of New York-based MAC Global Partners, LLC

• Stefanie Bolzen (moderator)
  North America Editor, Welt & Welt am Sonntag 

Open Floor with the audience

12.00-12.15: COFFEE BREAK

12.15: PANEL 2. SECURITY: UKRAINE AND NATO, WHAT’S NEXT?

• Ian Brzezinski
  Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy

• Kori Schake
  Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defence Policy Studies. American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

• Robert Wilkie
  Co-Chairman, The America First Policy Institute Center for American Security. Former Under Secretary of Defence and Secretary of Veterans Affairs

• Catherine Sendak
  Director of Transatlantic Defense and Security. Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

• Cristina Olea (moderator)
  TVE’s Chief Correspondent in Washington DC

13.15: CLOSURE OF THE SEMINAR

• Ángeles Moreno Bau
  Ambassador of Spain to the United States

Open Floor with the audience

Vino español / Networking