SMU Tower Center Co-Hosting Global Trade & Migration Conference

DALLAS (SMU) – Leading scholars of economics and public policy will gather on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12 at SMU and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for the 70^th annual Jno. E. Owens Conference focused on the rapidly shifting patterns of globalization.

Presented by the Jno. E. Owens Foundation in collaboration with the John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs at SMU, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy at Texas A&M’s Bush School. Titled “Shifting Patterns of Globalization: Trade, Migration, and North American Integration,” conference topics will include:

• Global trade and the return of industrial policy.
• The impact of the shift on the North American economy, the disruption of supply chains, and prospects for further economic integration.
• Rapidly changing trends in international migration.

The program will include speakers from prestigious universities, American Enterprise Institute, Migration Policy Institute, Peterson Institute and a former deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico. 

“Texas has one of the most globalized economies of any U.S. state and the DFW metroplex is the economic engine of the state of Texas,” said Jim Hollifield, director of SMU’s Tower Center. “The global economy, including migration, is vital for the economic well-being of North Texas.”

Registration is closed. Find the full schedule and links to the speakers here.

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