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NEC Luncheon with Jay Allen, Economic Minister at the Embassy of Canada to the United States of America

Date: Thursday, March 13th

Time: 12pm to 1:30pm ET

Location:  Carmine’s, 425 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

Join the National Economists Club for a luncheon with remarks from Jay Allen – Economic Minister at the Embassy of Canada to the United States of America. Mr. Allen will address the Canadian-US bilateral economic relationship and implications of recent economic and trade-related developments from the Canadian perspective. In his role, Mr. Allen leads Canada’s trade, economic, and business development for the Embassy. Previously he was Director General for Trade Negotiations at Global Affairs Canada and Chief Negotiator for Canada’s trade negotiations with India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The luncheon will be off the record.

Please Note: This is an in-person only event.

For metro and parking details about the location, please visit the Carmine’s website.

Please contact the NEC manager (manager@national-economists.org) with any questions or to receive information on discounted tickets to this event for NEC Student Members and recently laid off federal employees and contractors.

About our speaker:

Jay Allen leads Canada’s trade, economic and business development programs at the Embassy of Canada to the United States of America. Previously, he was Director General for Trade Negotiations at Global Affairs Canada and Chief Negotiator for Canada’s trade negotiations with India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Jay has worked in trade policy since 2008 and has participated in many of Canada’s trade negotiations, including those with the US and EU, and he served as Canada’s Deputy Chief Negotiator for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Prior to joining Global Affairs Canada, Jay’s work focused on corporate and insolvency law and included serving as Insolvency Counsel with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. A lawyer by training, Jay holds a Juris Doctor (JD) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.