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SUMMARY:China’s Tech Sector: Economic Champions\, Regulatory Targets
DESCRIPTION:Center for Strategic and International Studies | Virtual Event  \nDescription: This online event\, set for Monday\, April 8\, 9:00-10:00 am US ET\, highlights the key debates around the challenges facing China’s private tech firms. Although they are supposed to be the engine powering China’s economic future\, they are also facing a range of political and regulatory constraints at home and abroad. This event will consider several questions\, including: How does the Chinese state conceive of private tech firms? Is it accurate to describe the last few years as a “tech crackdown”? Where are Chinese firms making the most (and least) progress technologically? Have U.S. restrictions slowed Chinese progress or unwittingly fostered a great leap forward for China’s tech sector? Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy will moderate a discussion with leading experts on these issues: Angela Zhang (University of Hong Kong)\, author of the new book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy” ; Paul Triolo (Albright Stonebridge Group and Trustee Chair non-resident senior associate)\, who specializes in evaluating the tech capabilities of Chinese firms; and Martin Chorzempa (Peterson Institute for International Economics)\, who is working on project evaluating the scope and effectiveness of U.S. tech restrictions on China. \nThe registration link can be found below.  
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/chinas-tech-sector-economic-champions-regulatory-targets/
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SUMMARY:The UN Global Plastics Treaty: Why Is It Needed?
DESCRIPTION:Stimson Center | Virtual Event  \nDescription: Nearly 6 billion tons of plastic waste pollute the planet. While public policy and attention have focused on climate change\, plastic waste pollutes rivers\, contaminates the ocean\, accumulates on beaches\, and breaks down into microplastic and nanoplastic particles that disrupt ecosystems\, enter food webs\, and are consumed by people. Relentless increases in production are the main driver: global plastic output has grown 200-fold from 2 million tons in 1950 to more than 400 million tons today\, and is on track to double again by 2040. Plastics harm human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle\, and diseases caused by plastics result in annual economic losses of $1.2 trillion. Plastic pollution is a pervasive global challenge and disproportionately harms the world’s poorest nations. In March 2022\, the UN Environment Assembly resolved to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution by 2024. Join us for a discussion on the need and rationale for a Global Plastics Treaty\, as we look to the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee later this month. \nThe registration link can be found below.
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/the-un-global-plastics-treaty-why-is-it-needed/
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SUMMARY:Previewing Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Washington: A Conversation with Two Ambassadors
DESCRIPTION:Center for Strategic and International Studies | In-Person & Virtual Event  \nDescription: President Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for an official visit to the White House on April 10th\, the first since Prime Minister Abe’s visit in April 2015. Prime Minister Kishida will also deliver an address to Congress\, and will join a trilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos\, Jr. of the Philippines on April 11th. What outcomes can we expect from these significant diplomatic engagements?\nPlease join the CSIS Japan Chair for a conversation with United States Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Yamada Shigeo\, where they will preview Prime Minister Kishida’s upcoming visit to Washington\, DC. \nThe registration link can be found below.  
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/previewing-prime-minister-kishidas-visit-to-washington-a-conversation-with-two-ambassadors/
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SUMMARY:The Human Trafficking Initiative Series – Technology-facilitated Child Abuse
DESCRIPTION:Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | Virtual Event  \nDescription: Eva Veldhuizen-Ochodnicanova\, Forensic Psychologist\, Alexandra Malangone\, Associate Fellow and Coordinator of the Human Trafficking Initiative\, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe delivers a seminar in The Human Trafficking Initiative Series. The event is hosted by Sara Pennicino\, Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe; Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law\, University of Padua\, Italy. \nThe registration link can be found below.
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/the-human-trafficking-initiative-series-technology-facilitated-child-abuse/
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