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Donald Trump's re-election to the White House is an extraordinary event that reshuffles the cards of the American political landscape.
The 23rd edition of the Ifri's Annual Conference on the United States will seek to better understand the significance and consequences of this election in terms of the country's economic and trade policy, the reshaping of its domestic political balance, as well as its foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
Program
9h30/11h00 - Between Tax Reform, Tariffs, and Deregulation: Key Economic Policies of the Trump Administration
Maxime Darmet, Senior Economist for France, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Allianz Trade
Alain Papiasse, Chairman of Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), BNP Paribas
Sylvie Matelly, Director of the Jacques Delors Institute
Moderator: Virginie Robert, Head of the International Desk, Les Echos
(This panel will be held in French without translation)
11h30/13h00 - Trump Victorious, Democrats Defeated: What Long-Term Lessons Can Be Learned from the November Elections?
E.J. Dionne, Columnist for The Washington Post and Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution
Célia Belin, Director of the Paris Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Curt Mills, Editor at The American Conservative
Moderator: Gilles Paris, International Affairs Columnist, Le Monde
(This panel will be held in English without translation)
14h30/16h30 - The Return of Jacksonian America: What Are the Consequences for China, the Middle East, and Europe?
Philippe Étienne, Ambassador of France, served in Washington from 2019 to 2023
James Lindsay, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
Emma Ashford, Senior Fellow, "Reimagining US Grand Strategy" Program, The Stimson Center
Moderator: Laurence Nardon, Head of the Americas Program, Ifri
(This panel will be held in English without translation)
Contact
For more information about the conference, please contact Abigail LaBreck at [email protected].
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