US-China Economic and Commercial Relations
by
William H. Lash, III
美国商务部负责市场准入和履约的助理部长
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Time: 19:00—20:30 Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Venue: Wanzhonglou Auditorium, CCER, Peking University
Working Language: English
William H. Lash, III was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, July 25, 2001. In this position, Assistant Secretary Lash and his team work to ensure that foreign governments fully comply with the more than 250 trade agreements the United States has signed. He is particularly committed to the protection of U.S. investments and intellectual property rights and aggressively engages in the solving of commercial disputes involving foreign governments. Assistant Secretary Lash also chairs the Department''''s Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Task Forces, which provide information and resources to businesses interested in participating in reconstruction efforts and commerce in these two countries. He also serves as the United States Economic Commissioner to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Mr. Lash has served on the board of directors of publicly traded and privately held corporations. He has been the director of several nonprofit corporations and has served as a Legal Analyst for several television networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc.
Mr. Lash has previously served as the Associate Dean and Director of the Law and Economics Center at George Mason University, Assistant Professor of Law at Saint Louis University and Assistant Professor of Law at Western New England College School of Law.
Mr. Lash has published more than 100 articles on a wide variety of business issues, appearing in scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers as well as numerous books, monographs and contributing chapters.
Mr. Lash earned his B.A. in political science from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard University.
