Passing the Baton 2025: Harnessing Economics and Trade

As America prepared to inaugurate Donald J. Trump as the 47th president, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) was proud to host Passing the Baton 2025: Securing America’s Future in an Era of Strategic Competition. This flagship, bipartisan event brought together national security leaders from across the political spectrum to mark the peaceful transfer of power and the bipartisan character of American foreign policy.

In this session, Matthew P. Goodman, Josh Lipsky, and Ambassador Carla Sands discuss harnessing economics and trade.

Speakers:

Matthew P. Goodman
Distinguished Fellow, Director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Director of the CFR RealEcon Initiative

Josh Lipsky
Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Ambassador Carla Sands, moderator
Vice Chair, Center for Energy and Environment, America First Policy Institute

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