Tariffs, export controls, and industrial policy have moved to the center of U.S. strategy, reshaping supply chains in semiconductors, critical minerals, and advanced manufacturing. In an event moderated by Professor Davin Chor, Michael G. Fisch 1983 Professor and Globalization Chair of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Ambassador Frank Lavin will discuss how policymakers are using these tools in the name of strategic competition, economic resilience, and the reduction of dependency on adversarial states. The conversation will also address the tradeoffs behind today’s policy shift and explore whether these initiatives can deliver both security and efficiency, examining the ramifications for national security on global commerce and vice versa.

Co-sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Society, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, and the Davidson Institute for Global Security. 

The event will be recorded and livestreamed. Registration required.

Get tickets for the in-person event here, register for the virtual event here. 

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Ambassador Frank Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade (2005-2007), acting as lead trade negotiator for China and India and overseeing global commercial policy, export promotion, and trade talks. Previously, he was U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (2001-2005), where he helped negotiate the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. He has held senior finance and management roles in Hong Kong and Singapore with Bank of America and Citibank and earlier served in the Reagan and Bush (41) Administrations, including as White House Political Director. Ambassador Lavin is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Southern California, Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations member, Forbes columnist, and author of several books, including his most recent Inside the Reagan White House. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from Georgetown, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and an M.B.A. from Wharton, and served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves.