Trump 2.0 – The Economic and Trade impact for Europe’s Global Competitiveness – Strategic Insights Programme
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
17:30 – 19:00
17:30 | Welcome remarks by Laura Formisano, Head of EU Office, Bloomberg
17:35 | Opening keynote
17:45 | Fireside chat with Gregory Babyak, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Bloomberg.
Moderated by Arlene McCarthy OBE, Special Advisor to Michael R. Bloomberg
18:20 | Presentation by Tom Orlik, Chief Economist, Bloomberg Economics & Nathan Dean, Senior Policy Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
19:00 | End of Year Reception
Bloomberg Brussels
IPC, Blvd Charlemagne 1
Brussels, 1041
Join us for the Bloomberg Strategic Insights Programme event “Trump 2.0 – The Economic and Trade impact for Europe’s Global Competitiveness”
America has voted and in January President-elect Trump will take office. With a Republican majority in the Senate and Congress what will the new administration’s policy agenda mean for Europe? Taxes and tariffs are top of the agenda. Resetting and reshaping the EU’s global trade and economic policies will be crucial as the Trump administration potentially moves to impose new tariffs. Leading the EU to adapt to this new dynamic in transatlantic trade.
What does Trump’s re-election mean for EU-US trade? What does it mean for the EU’s relationship with China and global trade partners?
Bloomberg Brussels is opening up and sharing our key insights backed by global data, analysis, and facts from our global markets specialists, researchers, and analysts from Bloomberg Economics, Bloomberg Intelligence, and BNEF – Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The event will wrap up with an end of year reception.
Please note this on-the-record event is by invitation only.
Read Speaker Bios
Gregory Roger Babyak
Global Head of Regulatory Policy, Bloomberg
In 2015, Mr. Babyak was named Global Head of Bloomberg’s Regulatory Policy Group. Mr. Babyak joined Bloomberg L.P. in 2001 as Global Head of Government Affairs. Mr.Babyak has worked extensively on market structure, trade and competition issues in the United States, Europe and Asia; broadcast issues in the United States; and numerous other areas of regulation and policy. Mr.Babyak served from 2006 to 2018 as Co-Chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Subcommittee on Market Data. He has also served since 2015 on the Board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness and since 2018 as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Babyak was a partner in the law firm of Royer, Mehle & Babyak (1986-2001). The firm provided counsel on the executive, legislative and regulatory functions of the federal government, specializing in financial services.
Before entering the private practice of law, Mr. Babyak served as Chief of Staff to Congressman James H. Scheuer (D-N.Y.), the Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives. In this capacity, Mr. Babyak worked extensively on issues dealing with the capital markets, including oversight of the SEC.
Mr. Babyak received a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University (summa cum laude) where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.
Tom Orlik
Chief Economist, Bloomberg
Tom Orlik is Bloomberg’s Chief Economist, based in Washington DC. Previously, Tom was the Chief Asia economist for Bloomberg and China economics correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, based in Beijing.
Prior to a decade in China, he worked at the British Treasury, European Commission, and International Monetary Fund. He is the author of Understanding China’s Economic Indicators (FT Press) and China: The Bubble that Never Pops (OUP).
Nathan Dean
Senior Policy Analyst, Bloomberg
Nathan Dean is a Senior Policy Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence specializes in capital markets, covering Congress and regulatory agencies including the SEC, CFTC and Federal Reserve. Before joining Bloomberg, Nathan worked in the government affairs departments for CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and Bank of America, where he focused on the regulatory implementation of Dodd-Frank and Congressional attempts to amend the Act. He also served as an expert for legislators, policymakers and regulators on the impact of government policy on the financial services industry.
Prior to working in government affairs, he led a team of structured finance managers focusing on collateralized loan obligations in Europe and the U.S. for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Nathan was also a management consultant for a boutique consulting firm serving Fortune 500 clients. Nathan has a bachelor’s of science degree in Management from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Laura Formisano
Head of EU Office, Bloomberg
Laura Formisano is the Head of EU Office for Bloomberg’s Government Relations Team. Since taking up her role in 2020, she heads Bloomberg L.P.’s operations in Brussels and is responsible for driving Bloomberg’s engagement with the EU Institutions on key regulatory initiatives in the area of financial services.
Arlene McCarthy OBE
Special Advisor to Michael R. Bloomberg
Arlene McCarthy OBE is Special Advisor to the Chairman of Bloomberg on Strategic Affairs and Special Advisor to the Bloomberg Philanthropies Team on Climate, Climate Finance and Environment programmes.
During 20 years as an MEP, she chaired the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (2006-2009) and was Vice Chair of the Economic Committee and Monetary Affairs Committee (2009-2014). She was also awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2015 New Year’s Honours List for Parliamentary and Political Services.