Currency manipulation: how should the U.S. respond?

Currency manipulation: how should the U.S. respond?

A forum featuring Paul Krugman and C. Fred Bergsten

Friday, March 12, 2010

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Currency manipulation makes imports artificially cheap and inflates the prices of U.S. exports, placing U.S. manufacturers "at a huge competitive disadvantage," as President Obama recently noted. Research by leading economists has consistently shown that five countries are the most egregious currency manipulators--China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore. The EPI Forum on Currency Manipulation will feature economists Fred Bergsten and Paul Krugman, both of whom have recently called for major Chinese currency appreciation. Business and labor leaders will also discuss the impacts of currency manipulation on U.S. manufacturers and workers.

Please join the Economic Policy Institute for a discussion of these issues with noted experts in this exciting forum.

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Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Coffee and breakfast will be provided.

Location:
The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
East Room

1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
(Near Farragut West (Orange/Blue lines) and Farragut North (Red line))

Panel I: Impacts of Chinese Currency Manipulation on U.S. Businesses and Workers

Moderator:

Scott Paul- utive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing

Panelists:

Leo W. Gerard- International President, United Steel Workers

Laurie S. Moncrieff- President, Adaptive Manufacturing Services
and Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.

Panel II: Chinese Currency Manipulation: the case for change in U.S. policy

Moderator:

Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, National Journal

Panelists:

Paul Krugman- Columnist, New York Times; Professor, Princeton University and Nobel Laureate

C. Fred Bergsten- Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Robert E. Scott- Senior Economist, Economic Policy Institute

Space is limited, please RSVP here to attend this event.

For more information, email events@epi.org.