Mark R. Kennedy

Wilson Center Fellow Keith Rockwell summarizes insights from a collaboration between The Wilson Center and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on avenues for reaching closer US-EU alignment on digital policy.

A collaboration between the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Geneva and the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute on the margins of the WTO Public Forum.

With the European Union proceeding with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the Wilson Center's Wahba Institute in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung engaged with seven US House / Senate offices to explore how US CBAM proposals compare and contrast.

Explores how differing economic structures pull the Atlantic partners apart (US - energy exporter, EU - energy importer), but how rising deficits may nudge them to align on a market based approach.

Featured Adam Wang-Levine, Deputy Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary

Good discussion on the future of the transatlantic economy and trade, as well as US-European alignment on China.

Honored to join Felice Gorordo, Acting US Executive Director of the The World Bank, Her Excellency Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, World Bank President Ajay Banga, Sr. Managing Director Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director Anna Bjerde and Roman Kachur at unveiling o a US Seal, handmade in Ukraine.

“The general view by many lawyers from multiple countries is that if this decision is made by international bodies, that it is an ‘authorized taking,’ whether it be the pledge against loans or just expropriating the assets themselves,” Mark Kennedy, director of the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, told VOA. “I think it is going to happen in some way, shape or form, though whether it's near term or not is yet to be seen,” he said. “There’s a feeling that this is appropriate justice, vis-a-vis Russia.”

Panel included Philip Zelikow, Professor of History at the University of Virginia and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and Robert Zoellick, US Trade Representative from 2001 to 2005 and President of the World Bank from 2007 to 2012.

“It will be interesting to see what the final Treasury regulations are able to do, but many believe this is going to require a legislative fix,” Kennedy said. “The accommodations that are so far in the Treasury ruling are not of great significance related to the concerns the European community has.” Kennedy argued that Washington should have negotiated with all its major industrial partners before passing such a sweeping piece of legislation. “Climate concern is a global concern,” he added. “Having a more coordinated approach to it, as opposed to something that moves down a protectionist path, is more likely to achieve the climate objectives in an efficient manner.”

“America needs to prioritise coordination and cohesion with allies to be successful in its StrategicCompetition with authoritarian powers,"

As Co-Founder and Chairman of the Economic Club of Minnesota, it was an honor to host Finland's President.

With GW President Knapp