RIETI Open BBL Webinar

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Issues and Prospects

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The 2024 U.S. presidential election is truly “unprecedented”: (1) until July 21, the two leading candidates were the oldest in U.S. history (Biden is 81, Trump is 78); (2) both candidates were highly unpopular (as reflected in the term “double haters”); (3) one of the candidates (Trump) had four indictments and 34 felony convictions, and the other (Biden) had a son found guilty on 3 felony counts and is facing a trial in September for tax evasion; (4) the June 27 TV debate was disastrous for Biden; (5) on July 13, Trump faced an assassination attempt; and (6) on July 21, Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential campaign and supported Vice President Harris.
In this seminar, we will welcome Mr. Glen S. Fukushima, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation, who will provide an analysis of the key issues in the U.S. presidential election and the future direction of Japan-U.S. relations.

Information

  • Time and Date: 12:15-13:15, Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (JST)
  • Venue: Online
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Contact: Ms. BABA, Conference Section
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Speakers

Speaker:
  • Glen S. FUKUSHIMA (Vice Chair, U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation)
    Glen S. Fukushima is a third-generation Japanese American from California. He graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Business School. He obtained his J.D. from Harvard Law School. As a Fulbright Fellow, he studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (1982-84). For five years until 1990, he was involved in formulating, coordinating, and implementing U.S. trade policy towards Japan and China, serving as Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan and China. In 1997, he became President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. He has served as a director of the Japan Society of Boston and a council member of the U.S.-Japan Council, among other roles in various associations and organizations in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and worldwide. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), an Obama administration think tank. Currently, he is the Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). In 2022, he established the “Fulbright-Glen S. Fukushima Fund.”
Commentator:
  • MAESHIMA Kazuhiro (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University)
Moderator:
  • URATA Shujiro (Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI / Professor Emeritus, Waseda University /Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))