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Sunday, November 8, 2009
 
 
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The Best of Both Worlds
Tax, Trade, and Cowboy Capitalism in the United States and Europe
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2003
Time: 9:00 AM — 2:00 PM
Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
 
 
About This Event

Europe and America cannot seem to agree on anything these days. Differences over Iraq dominate the headlines, while wounds from previous fights over the International Criminal Court and Kyoto Protocol persist. However, America and Europe are not only political and military allies but also major economic and trading partners. There are important economic lessons to be learned from both sides of the Atlantic: Europe's corporate taxes are lower while America's capitalism is more dynamic. Post-enlargement New Europe will offer exceptional business opportunities. Greater economic collaboration might even lead to the establishment of a Transatlantic Free Trade Zone. Our vibrant trade in insults should be superseded by an equally vibrant exchange of economic ideas.

 
Agenda
8:45 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 Welcome: Christopher DeMuth, AEI
  Keynote speaker: Bill Thomas, United States House of Representatives
9:30 Tax Competition in Europe--A Lesson for America
  Speakers: Chris R. Edwards, CATO Institute
    Eckhard Janeba, University of Colorado
    Adam Lerrick, Carnegie Mellon University
  Moderator: Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
10:30 Break
10:40 Opportunities in the New Europe--Does Europe Need a Dose of Cowboy Capitalism?
  Speakers: Robert D. Atkinson, Progressive Policy Institute
    Alfred Berkeley, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
    Jan Krzysztof , European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    Hans H. J. Labohm, Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael 
  Moderator: James K. Glassman, AEI
11:40 Break
11:50 U.S. and EU--Leaders or Laggards in Establishing Global Free Trade?
  Speakers: Ellen Frost, Institute for International Economics
    Patrick A. Messerlin, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
    Hugo Paemen, Hogan & Hartson LLP
  Moderator: Claude E. Barfield, AEI
1:00 p.m. Luncheon
  Luncheon speaker: Max Baucus, United States Senate
2:00 Adjournment
 
 
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