This evening we welcome Dr. Kai Westerwellethe President of the German American Business Association (GABA), who has lived and worked in San Francisco for many years and regularly hosts the winners of the Überflieger start-up competition.

Together with him and other experts from business, politics and science, we will take a look at the topic from the perspective of Schleswig-Holstein and northern Germany:

The American U-Turn - Effects of the policy change on international economic relations

We cordially invite you to join us and look forward to an interesting evening together with our co-organizers, Kieler Wirtschaftsförderung and InnoPier.

Please register via the following link: The registration deadline has expired. Please send an email to we@the-bay-areas.de if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

You are welcome to bring along other interested parties.

 

Agenda of the evening

18:00 - 18:30 Get Together

18:30 - 18:45 Welcome and introduction to the topic

18:45 - 19:05 Key Note Kai Westerwelle

19:05 - 19:50 Panel talk with

• Dr. Kai Westerwelle, President of the German American Business Association (GABA)
• State Secretary Julia Carstens, Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Prof. Christian Berg, expert for sustainability and transformation
• Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer, trade expert at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
• Reinhold von Eben-Worlée, Managing Partner E.H.Worlée & Co.
• Thomas Naß, Managing Director EDUR-Pumpenfabrik
• moderated by Kathrin Reinicke, Kieler Wirtschaftsförderung

19:50 - 21:00 Networking with snacks and drinks

 

More on the topic

Following a landslide election victory, the new US President Donald J. Trump not only has the special powers of a US President, he can also rely on the - narrow - majorities of a Republican party shaped by him in both the US Senate and the House of Representatives and, in the final instance, the Supreme Court, which he holds a decisive position in. President Trump has already made it abundantly clear in his first 30 days in office that he will use this to drastically change policy in pretty much every respect and at all levels.

The effects of the seismic shift in the USA are by no means limited to America, of course, but lead to violent tremors in many parts of the world after only a short time in office and affect international politics and the economy in equal measure.

• What does the change of direction in Germany's most important export market mean for the German economy? Will it also create opportunities?
• As the USA's fourth-largest trading partner, is Germany in danger of becoming the target of the next tariffs?
• What are the consequences of increasing European economic regulation in the face of targeted de-regulation in the USA?

 

About Dr. Kai Westerwelle
Kai Westerwelle has lived and worked in San Francisco for many years, is a long-standing partner of The Bay Areas e.V. and works in the field of legal and business consulting. He is also currently President of the German American Business Association (GABA) and regularly hosts the winning start-ups of the high-flyer competition during their time in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.