On December 1, Keidanren USA hosted a roundtable with former Acting Deputy USTR Wendy Cutler. Drawing on her nearly three decades of experience as a diplomat and negotiator on the front lines of every Asian trade agreement, Ms. Cutler, shared her insights on the role foreign businesses can play in U.S. trade policy debates. Ms. Cutler also discussed her new role as Vice President and Managing Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Washington D.C. office. Participants actively engaged in a discussion on such issues as how best to tell the story of Japanese corporations’ contributions to the U.S. economy, and women in the workplace.