Student-Run Conference Maps “Interesting Crossroads” for U.S. Trade Policy

Ambassador Gregg Doud, the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and Awinash Bawle MAIPS ’06, deputy director of the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, were among the featured speakers at the Bi-Coastal TradeTalks Conference Nov. 30 at the Middlebury Institute. The conference was hosted by the student club known as the Middlebury International Trade Association (MITA), many of whose members are enrolled in the Institute’s International Trade and Economic Diplomacy program.