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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the Trade War
DESCRIPTION:This is a free\, interactive webinar on the impact of the Trade War and COVID-19\n\non trade\, and particularly for local small- and medium-size enterprises engaged\n\nin international trade.\n\nListen and participate in a panel discussion on defending against this "one-two\n\npunch" as we cover supply chain disruptions\, export sales challenges\, and logistical\n\nissues from the global to a local perspective.\n\n\n\nMODERATOR\n\nCLARE PETRICH\, Owner/Manager\, Petrich Marine Dock\n\nClare currently manages Petrich Marine Dock\, a home to small manufacturing businesses\, storage\, and\n\nboat moorage on the Foss Waterway. She recently retired after 24 years as Port of Tacoma Commissioner and formerly owned Dockmandu\, a retail garden import shop. Clare is actively engaged on the board of Sister Cities International and is the Chair of Tacoma Sister Cities\, which maintains relationships with 15 cities worldwide.\n\n\n\nMIKE FOWLER\n\nSenior Trade Consultant\n\nWorld Trade Center Tacoma\n\nMike Fowler\, World Trade Center Tacoma Senior Trade Consultant will give a macro overview\, including the anticipated impact of the pandemic on the US China Phase One trade deal as well as ramifications for international relations.\n\n\n\nTONG ZHU\n\nChief Commercial Officer & Chief Strategy Officer\n\nNorthwest Seaport Alliance\n\nTong Zhu\, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of the Northwest Seaport Alliance will explain current and anticipated impacts\, contingency planning\, and preparations at the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle.\n\n\n\nPAUL BISHOP\n\nPresident & Chief Operating Officer\n\nGriots Garage\n\nPaul Bishop\, President & Chief Operating Officer of Griots Garage\, a Tacoma-based manufacturer and distributor of car care products engaged in import and export\, will explain how the company is dealing with disruptions caused bytariffs and COVID focusing on its supply chain.\n\n\n\nKYLE "SKIP" SMITH\n\nPresident & CEO\n\nSmith-Western Co.\n\nKyle "Skip" Smith\, President and CEO of Smith-Western Co.\, suppliers of custom souvenirs\, gifts\, and keepsakes to the tourist and attraction industry\, will recount challenges encountered with tariffs as well as measures being taken to deal with the substantial impact of the novel corona virus.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This is a free\, interactive webinar on the impact of the Trade War and COVID-19
\non trade\, and particularly for local small- and medium-size enterprises engaged
\nin international trade.
\nListen and participate in a panel discussion on defending against this &ldquo\;one-two
\npunch&rdquo\; as we cover supply chain disruptions\, export sales challenges\, and logistical
\nissues from the global to a local perspective.
\n
\nMODERATOR
\nCLARE PETRICH\, Owner/Manager\, Petrich Marine Dock
\nClare currently manages Petrich Marine Dock\, a home to small manufacturing businesses\, storage\, and
\nboat moorage on the Foss Waterway. She recently retired after 24 years as Port of Tacoma Commissioner and formerly owned Dockmandu\, a retail garden import shop. Clare is actively engaged on the board of Sister Cities International and is the Chair of Tacoma Sister Cities\, which maintains relationships with 15 cities worldwide.
\n
\nMIKE FOWLER
\nSenior Trade Consultant
\nWorld Trade Center Tacoma
\nMike Fowler\, World Trade Center Tacoma Senior Trade Consultant will give a macro overview\, including the anticipated impact of the pandemic on the US China Phase One trade deal as well as ramifications for international relations.
\n
\nTONG ZHU
\nChief Commercial Officer &\; Chief Strategy Officer
\nNorthwest Seaport Alliance
\nTong Zhu\, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of the Northwest Seaport Alliance will explain current and anticipated impacts\, contingency planning\, and preparations at the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle.
\n
\nPAUL BISHOP
\nPresident &\; Chief Operating Officer
\nGriots Garage
\nPaul Bishop\, President &\; Chief Operating Officer of Griots Garage\, a Tacoma-based manufacturer and distributor of car care products engaged in import and export\, will explain how the company is dealing with disruptions caused bytariffs and COVID focusing on its supply chain.
\n
\nKYLE &ldquo\;SKIP&rdquo\; SMITH
\nPresident &\; CEO
\nSmith-Western Co.
\nKyle &ldquo\;Skip&rdquo\; Smith\, President and CEO of Smith-Western Co.\, suppliers of custom souvenirs\, gifts\, and keepsakes to the tourist and attraction industry\, will recount challenges encountered with tariffs as well as measures being taken to deal with the substantial impact of the novel corona virus.
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URL:https://business.tacomachamber.org/events/details/covid-19-and-the-trade-war-14554
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