William E. Simon Chair Matthew P. Goodman interviews New Zealand Speaker of the House Rt. Hon David Carter on TPP negotiations, New Zealand’s perspectives on China and the upcoming 2014 general election. Listen here:
CSIS, in partnership with leading Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute for International Policy, has released the conclusion to the third session in a new video series “Views Across the Pacific” which is a discussion between CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy, Matthew Goodman and Lowy Institute Director of the G20 Studies Centre Mike Callaghan on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
CSIS, in partnership with leading Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute for International Policy, has released the third session in the new video series “Views Across the Pacific” which is a discussion between CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy, Matthew Goodman and Lowy Institute Director of the G20 Studies Centre Mike Callaghan on the global economy and the future of the G-20.
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