On September 24, leaders from countries in the Western Hemisphere
that have free trade agreements with the United States met
in New York to announce the launch of the Pathways to Prosperity
in the Americas initiative. Pathways will deepen existing
partnerships and cooperation to ensure that the benefits of
free trade and open investment are broadly shared throughout
the societies of the region. (See "
U.S.,
11 other Western Hemisphere nations launch trade initiative.")
On Thursday, December 18, 2008, at 1 p.m. EST (16:00 in Uruguay),
Craig Kelly, principal deputy assistant secretary of state
in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, will join us
for a live webchat to discuss the events of the follow-up
meeting that took place December 10 and what steps are being
taken to strengthen trade partnerships in the Americas.
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Ambassador Craig Kelly | |
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Craig Kelly was the U.S. ambassador to Chile from 2004
to 2007. From 2001 to 2004 he was executive assistant to
Secretary of State Colin Powell. Before that, he served
for two years as executive assistant to Thomas Pickering,
who was then the under secretary of state for political
affairs.
Kelly has served in a variety of overseas posts, including
Bogota, Rome and Paris. In Washington he has served in the
Western Hemisphere and European bureaus as well as at the
National Security Council. He has a Ph.D. in Romance languages
and European history from the University of California –
Los Angeles and speaks Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
He has a diploma from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration
in Paris and attended the National War College in Washington.
This webchat will take place at http://statedept.connectsolutions.com/wha.
No registration is needed. Simply choose "Enter as
a Guest," type in your preferred screen name and join
the discussion.
The transcript of this webchat will be available on Ask
America’s webchat page, where information about
upcoming webchats is also available.
More information on the Pathways
to Prosperity in the Americas initiative is available
online.
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