Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates,typically shortened to Skadden,is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. The company is known for its work on company mergers and takeovers.
The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation,the bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services",particularly when private sector lenders are unable or unwilling to provide financing. Its current chairman and president,Reta Jo Lewis,was confirmed by the Senate on February 9,2022.
Faryar Shirzad;born 1965 in London formerly served on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House from March 2003 through August 2006,first as a special assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs,and then as deputy assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for International Economic Affairs. In those roles,Shirzad was responsible for advising the President,the National Security Advisor and the Director of the National Economic Council on all international economic policy matters,including trade,investment,finance,development,energy and environment. He also served as the President's personal representative to the G-8,and led the preparations for the President's participation in other international economic summits,such as the U.S.-E.U. Summit,the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Summit of the Americas.
Merit E. Janow is a professor in the practice of international trade and dean at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs from 2013 to 2021.
Gregory Bestor Craig is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama,from 2009 to 2010. A former attorney at the Washington,D.C. law firm of Williams &Connolly,Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. Prior to becoming White House Counsel,he served as assistant to the President and special counsel in the White House of President Bill Clinton,where he directed the team defending Clinton against impeachment. Craig also served as a senior advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy and to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Joseph Harold Flom was an American lawyer and pioneer of mergers and acquisitions,specializing in representing companies in takeover battles. By the 1980s,he had acquired a reputation of being "Mr. Takeover". Flom became a partner at what is now known as Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom in 1954,and helped transform it from a four-lawyer firm into one of the largest law firms in the United States. In 1999,The American Lawyer named him one of their "Lawyers of the Century".
Cary Douglas Pugh is a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Robert Emmet Lighthizer is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021.
Stephen P. Vaughn is the general counsel to the United States Trade Representative. Before Robert Lighthizer's confirmation as USTR,Vaughn served as the acting Trade Representative.
Michael Yale Scudder Jr. is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Alex Rolf van der Zwaan is a Belgian-born Dutch attorney formerly with the London branch of New York-based international law firm Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom.
The Trump tariffs are a series of United States tariffs imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump as part of his "America First" economic policy to reduce the United States trade deficit by shifting American trade policy from multilateral free trade agreements to bilateral trade deals. In January 2018,Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines of 30 to 50 percent. In March 2018,he imposed tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) from most countries,which,according to Morgan Stanley,covered an estimated 4.1 percent of U.S. imports. In June 2018,this was extended to the European Union,Canada,and Mexico. The Trump administration separately set and escalated tariffs on goods imported from China,leading to a trade war.
An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018,when U.S. President Donald Trump began setting tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the goal of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. says are longstanding unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft. The Trump administration stated that these practices may contribute to the U.S.–China trade deficit,and that the Chinese government requires transfer of American technology to China. In response to US trade measures,the Chinese government accused the Trump administration of engaging in nationalist protectionism and took retaliatory action. After the trade war escalated through 2019,in January 2020 the two sides reached a tense phase one agreement;it expired in December 2021 with China failing by a wide margin to reach its targets for U.S. imports to China. By the end of the Trump presidency,the trade war was met with some criticism. His successor,Joe Biden,however,has kept the tariffs in place.
Eric Ross Komitee is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
The Agreement between the United States of America,the United Mexican States,and Canada (USMCA) is a free trade agreement between Canada,Mexico,and the United States. It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implemented in 1994,and is sometimes characterized as "NAFTA 2.0",or "New NAFTA",since it largely maintains or updates the provisions of its predecessor. USMCA created one of the world's largest free trade zones,spanning roughly 500 million people and totaling over $26 trillion in GDP (PPP).
Kimberly A. Reed is an American attorney who served as the Chairman and President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States from 2019 to 2021. She was sworn in on May 9,2019.
Julie Helene Becker is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and an attorney.
Mark N. Kaplan is an American lawyer and business executive who is the former CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert and senior partner at Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates.
John Hampton Slate was an American aviation lawyer and founding partner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &Flom.
Judith DelZoppo Pryor is an American businesswoman currently serving as the vice president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). She previously served on its board of directors during the Trump administration.
