Top Tariff Expert at WRC Annual Meeting

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April 3, 2025

Dear Colleagues,

We are witnessing a tectonic shift in US trade policy. Given the potential impact of sweeping new tariffs on the apparel sector and other industries, we have arranged for one of Washington’s leading experts on trade and tariffs to join the WRC Annual Meeting on April 22.

Lori Wallach, Director of DC think tank Rethink Trade and a 30-year veteran of trade and tariff battles, will share an insider’s perspective on what is happening on tariffs and what it means for the apparel industry. With Lori supplying the big picture, the WRC team will provide a focused analysis of the implications for workers and labor rights compliance across the collegiate apparel supply chain.

Lori is a trade lawyer and advocate who has been a key player in numerous trade policy debates, working with legislators and executive branch officials of both political parties. She was instrumental in the negotiation of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the successor to NAFTA, working closely with Democrats in Congress and with Robert Lighthizer, US Trade Representative in the first Trump Administration.

I worked with Lori on trade, tariff, and labor issues before joining the WRC. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of trade policy and a keen understanding of the surrounding politics. I am really pleased that she is able to join us on the 22nd. She will offer university representatives unique insight into the tariff tumult and its implications.

Here are Lori’s bio, one of her recent opinion pieces, and a story in the New York Times about her role in forging the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

I hope you can join us in DC April 22—please RSVP here so we can save you a seat.

Best,

Scott Nova

Annual Meeting of the University Caucus of the Worker Rights Consortium

9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
(Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m.)

McCourt School of Public Policy, 9th Floor
Georgetown University
125 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Courtesy Room Block:

Phoenix Park Hotel
3-Star Hotel
520 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
9-minute walk to the venue
(202) 638-6900

$215.00 for a single, plus $16 facility fee, plus taxes ($265.29 after taxes)
*Please note that the facility fee will be discounted to $16 from $32 when your card is charged at check-in.

Web link to reserve or call 855-371-6824 and provide group code: “WRC Annual Meeting of the UC” Room block closes TOMORROW.