Global Business Alliance

On this episode of GBA’s trade policy podcast, Kevin Klein sits down with Brian Pomper and Clete Willems from Akin Gump to discuss the China package currently on the Senate floor. They dive into this sweeping bipartisan package, which is primarily focused on strengthening the United States’ ability to compete with China in critical technologies. The discussion is centered on specifics of the bill and amendments related to federal procurement and other top of mind issues for GBA members. 

For this month’s tax policy podcast, Kevin Klein is joined by Josh Odintz from Holland and Knight. Josh is a tax attorney who focuses on tax policy, tax controversy and withholding tax matters. In this episode, Kevin and Josh discuss the Biden Administration’s tax proposals including the global minimum tax and where things stand at the OECD right now.

This week on State Snapshots, Meredith Beeson is joined by William Crozer, Vice President and Managing Director of State and Local Advocacy at BGR Group. For the past two years, Crozer served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) – the primary liaison between the White House and the more than 500,000 state, local, territorial, and tribal leaders from the 54 states and territories. In this episode, Meredith and William dive into a discussion about America Rescue Plan final interim rules and upcoming infrastructure package discussions with a specific focus on state considerations. 

Kevin Klein hosts the premiere tax policy podcast episode. Kevin's joined by Alexandra Minkovich who is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North American Tax Practice with more than fifteen years of experience handling a variety of tax, tax controversy, and legislative and regulatory matters. In this episode, they cover new proposals outlined in the Biden Administration's tax proposal and the Senate Finance Democrats' White Paper, including the global minimum tax.

Kevin Klein, Senior Director of Government Affairs at GBA, sits down with Clete Williams from Akin Gump on this week's trade policy episode. Clete served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and part of the National Security Council. He also served as a key negotiator with foreign governments and bodies, including China and the European Union, among others. This episode focuses on everything China: how trade policy with China will change under the new administration, to what extent geopolitical considerations will influence trade policy and more.

Amanda is filling a new role that will focus on driving our proactive advocacy agenda. Specifically, increasing our capacity to promote the benefits of international companies in the United States is a strategic objective for the organization.

Meredith Beeson is joined this week by Steve Kranz, State and Local Tax Attorney and Partner at McDermott Will & Emery. In this episode, Steve discusses the provision in the federal stimulus package that prohibits states from using federal funds to decrease taxes, ongoing federal conformity trends, and emerging topics such as digital advertising taxes.

Meredith Beeson is joined this week by Martha Miller from Platinum Advisors. In this episode, Martha covers the latest political news from California, budget updates and port delays happening in the state.

For this month’s trade policy podcast, GBA sits down with Chay English from BGR to discuss how the world of trade is changing in regards to the Biden administration. Chay most recently served as Chief of Staff for Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), a senior Member of the House Ways and Means Committee. In this episode we dive into trade issues and news surrounding the Trade Agreements Act and the GPA reform in the procurement space. We also discuss China and the WTO and what the suspension of the Boeing/Airbus tariffs mean for all of us.

Meredith Beeson hosts the premiere State Snapshots podcast episode, joined this week by Patrick Theisen of KMC Strategies in Illinois. Patrick provides insight into the new dynamics in the Illinois House and Governor Pritzker as well as the budget, tax and Buy American priorities he sees down the line. Patrick also provides an outlook for the Illinois legislative calendar and discusses potential lawmakers who will be key targets for advocacy this session.