Thu, Mar 19
|Summit Community Center
What do Trade Agreements Have to do with me?
We have been hearing a lot about Trade Agreements lately. WITHOUT going into politics, let's understand the basic mechanics and raison d'etre of Trade Agreements, where and when they started, and how they affect not only the economy of countries but each of us in our day to day life. TALK IN ENGLISH
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Summit Community Center, 100 Morris Ave, Summit, NJ 07901, USA
About the event
Our Speaker
Gene Detroyer is Executive Director and Co-Founder of Global Commerce Education Inc, a company that helps businesses to successfully enter new global markets. Gene is also a visiting professor at the International School of Guizhou University of Finance and Economics in Guiyang, China where he teaches International Business.
For the last 10 years Gene has also taught at the New York campus of the European School of Economics (including the capstone course for MBAs, Entrepreneurship and International Business), as well as at the Weller International Business School in Paris. France, and at the New York Institute of Business and Finance.
Prior to his teaching career, Gene successfully started and exited two companies, one in media and one in pharmaceuticals. This followed a 17-year corporate career, first as an executive with the consumer products division of Exxon Mobil, then as General Manager of the U.S. consumer products division of VanLeer Group, a Dutch company.
Gene is also a member of the BrainTrust at RetailWire, the retailing industry's premier online discussion forum. The BrainTrust is a panel of industry experts who contribute to daily virtual round tables of industry opinion and advice covering key dynamics and issues affecting the retailing industry.
Gene is a speaker in the U.S. and abroad at conferences and seminars, has appeared on CNBC and is frequently quoted in Forbes. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the Columbia Business School.
The Topic
We all know that much of the trade of goods that occurs around the world is governed by Trade Agreements and most of us have a general idea of what that means. But with all the changes occuring lately and so much discussion, let's face it, do we really understand the repurcussions of swaping one trade deal for another? Gene will help us look at the basic mechanics in a way that makes sense to non-economists and that we can all understand: through our own wallets! We will also hear an overview of the key Trade Agreements we keep hearing about, what their key points are and what some of the most recent changes mean for the US, French, and global economy, as well as for companies and for families. Gene will also touch on the outlook for global trade overall, and how it is impacted by current events such as the coronavirus, for example.