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Deborah Lehr

Straight Talk with Hank Paulson

The Global Economic System, Trade Policy, and Climate Change with Jennifer Hillman and Daniel Price

Paulson Institute Nature’s Ledger explores how business and conservation can work together for a sustainable and prosperous future. Host Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Paulson Institute, speaks with inspiring guests to spotlight people, projects, and solutions that prove nature is an asset we can’t afford to lose. Grounded in the belief that valuing nature is key to resilient economies, the podcast shares bold ideas and real-world actions to regenerate the planet.

Hank is joined by Jennifer Hillman (Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and Professor, Georgetown Law) and Daniel Price (Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors). They discuss how they started their careers in trade policy, the importance of trade to America’s well-being and standing in the world, how the US can balance China in the international economic system, and how the global trading system could help in the fight against climate change.

Host

Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Founder and Chairman | Paulson Institute

Henry M. Paulson, Jr., is a business leader, conservationist, statesman, and author who is the founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute and executive chairman of TPG Rise Climate. He served as the 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, where he led the response to the...
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Episode Guests

Jennifer Hillman

Jennifer Hillman

Professor of Practice | Georgetown University Law Center

Jennifer Hillman is an American lawyer and former international trade official. She has served as a judge on the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body and is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Daniel Price

Daniel Price

Managing Director | Rock Creek Global Advisors

Daniel M. Price is a Managing Director at Rock Creek Global Advisors, where he focuses on international financial regulatory, national security, digital, climate, trade, and other policy matters. He also advises multinational companies and financial institutions on geopolitical risk and matters arising in global fora, including the G7, G20, APEC,...
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