International Trade Law News

Here is some information on two upcoming events on unilateral sanctions that will be held in Washington, DC:

Assessing U.S. Sanctions Programs

The Washington International Trade Association will hold a program on June 20, 2006 on the effectiveness of current U.S. sanctions and the prospects for updated congressional sanctions regimes. The speakers include: NFTC President Bill Reinsch; David Abramowitz, Minority Counsel to the House International Relations Committee; Paul Simons, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Tom Malinowski, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch; and Wynn Segall of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld. To register, visit www.wita.org.

Lessons for Cuba

On June 22, 2006, USA*Engage director Jake Colvin will participate in a panel on "Lessons for Cuba" as part of a conference on "Legacies and Lessons of Normalization of US Diplomatic, Economic and Cultural Relations with Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam." The other panelists on the Cuba issue include Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, USA (Ret.), former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell; Stephen McFarland, Director of the Office of Cuban Affairs at the State Department (invited); Kirby Jones of the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association; Robert Muse; and Richard Walden, President of Operation USA. To register, see www.ffrd.org/Agenda.htm.