More TLC? Trade-Labor Connections in the New Global Order
Join GLI’s day-long 2025 conference will focus on the state of labor standards and work in the new era of global trade. What does the landscape of trade policy look like in the Trump era? How will forced labor affect U.S. and E.U. trade actions? We will discuss those topics and more.
When & Where
Date & Time
Location
ILR NYC Conference Center
570 Lexington Avenue
12th floor
New York, NY 10022
United States
Overview
Please join us in New York City on Thursday, 4 December for a day-long conference on the state of labor standards and work in the new era of global trade.
What does pro-worker trade policy look like now, and post-Trump? How will forced labor figure in U.S. and E.U. trade actions? We will take up these topics and more in our familiar style—top analysis, lively debate and an audience of policymakers, corporate and labor leaders, investors, researchers and campaigners. The event includes a light breakfast, lunch, and a reception.
Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: ILR NYC Conference Center
Cost: $100 USD/ticket
Never been here? Here are agendas, round-ups and photos from our 2022 and 2024 conferences.
Agenda
8:30 - 9 A.M.
Registration, breakfast and welcome
9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Session One: W(h)ither trade and labor in the new era of global trade?
- Amb. Katherine Tai, former U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025)
Session Two: Tariff Act at 10: China and the future of forced labor enforcement
- Colin Browne, former Under Armor interim CEO and COO, and Cascale CEO
Session Three: Coalition of the Unwilling: Private-sector vs public regulation
- Laura Murphy, Senior Associate at CSIS and former senior policy advisor at U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2023 – 2025)
- Daniel Murphy, researcher (New York Times and Bureau of Investigative Journalism series) and co-founder of China risk advisory firm Pamir
5 P.M. - 6:30 P.M
Reception