Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 6, 2001

Volume 29, Number 25

Charlene Barshefsky

Former U.S. trade representative to discuss
'trade policy in era of transition' at Law School

Former U.S. trade representative Charlene Barshefsky will give the Preiskel/Silverman Lecture at the Law School on Thursday, April 12.

The lecture, titled "From the Cold War to the Networked World: Trade Policy in an Era of Transition," will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Sterling Law Buildings, 127 Wall St. The event is free and open to the public.

Barshefsky was the U.S. trade representative from 1997 through 2000. During her tenure, her office negotiated more than 300 separate trade agreements, achieved passage of five major pieces of legislation and 38 smaller bills, and initiated more than 100 enforcement actions. Highlights of her tenure include a bilateral market access agreement with China in November 1999 and Congressional approval of permanent normal trade relations for China in September 2000.

Before joining the Clinton administration in 1993, Barshefsky was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, where she specialized in international trade law and policy and cochaired the firm's international practice group. She is currently a visiting public policy scholar at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

The Preiskel/Silverman Lecture is supported by the Robert H. Preiskel and Leon Silverman Program on the Practicing Lawyer and the the Public Interest, an endowed fund established at the Law School in 1989 by the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in honor of Preiskel and Silverman, both 1948 Law School graduates. The fund sponsors lectures and other events celebrating the contribution of private lawyers to the public interest.

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