Media contact: Laura Cruz
University Communications
The University of Texas at El Paso
915-747-5977 or 915-252-2226

Experts to Discuss Future of U.S.-Mexico Trade

Key trade representatives from the Obama administration will talk about the future of U.S.-Mexico trade and commerce during a two-day conference hosted by The University of Texas at El Paso.

Everett Eissenstat, assistant U.S. trade representative for the Americas, and Lorenza Martinez-Trigueros, Mexico undersecretary of industry, will be the featured speakers at the inaugural “Symposium on Hemispheric Integration and Global Competitiveness, Mexico-U.S. Trade Relations: A New Partnership.”

The conference will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at UTEP’s El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center.

The meeting will include panel discussions about NAFTA, trade policy and border research, the Obama administration's trade agenda, North American competitiveness, and the maquiladora industry.

Expert panelists include industry representatives, government officials and University faculty.

Registration is $55 per person and includes a continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday, and lunch on Friday. A free Saturday Symposium is scheduled for University faculty, trade officials, industry representatives and government officials.

The event is sponsored by the Border Trade Alliance, the Foreign Trade Association, and the UTEP College of Business Administration.

Information: 915-747-6648 or 915-525-2382

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