Fall Lecture: Carla A. Hills, Government, Trade, and Policy: How we can Learn from the Past

Carla A. Hills, Government, Trade, and Policy: How Can We Learn from the Past
November 22
1:30–2:30 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Ambassador Carla A. Hills served as US Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993 and was a member of President George H.W. Bush’s Cabinet. She negotiated and concluded the North American Free Trade Agreement, led the US negotiations on the Uruguay Round of the World Trade Organization, and concluded many trade and investment agreements with countries worldwide.

Earlier, Ambassador Hills served as President Gerald Ford’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the third woman to hold a Cabinet position). She also served as Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, of the US Department of Justice.

Before entering government, Amb. Hills co-founded and was a partner in what is now the Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP law firm. She also taught antitrust law at the UCLA Law School and co-authored the Antitrust Adviser, published by McGraw-Hill.

Amb. Hills is currently Co-Chair Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations; Chair Emeritus of the National Committee on US-China Relations and of the Inter-American Dialogue; member of the board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Honorary Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; and member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. Registration for the above lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.