UCF Office of Global Perspectives and International Initiatives (GPII) is pleased to invite you to a public event with esteemed guest Senator Max Baucus, the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana and Former US Ambassador to China.
The discussion will focus on the current state of the bilateral relations between US and China, US Foreign policy, as well as the competition in the technological, economic, and geopolitical arena.
Moderated by: David Dumke, Executive Director for the Office of Global Perspectives and International Initiatives (GPII)
This event is part of the Lester N. Mandell Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series and hosted by UCF Global Perspectives and International Initiatives.
This is a public forum, all are welcome to attend.
Please download the event flyer, here
Advanced Registration is REQUIRED, here.
In-Person Event
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
3:00 – 4:30 PM EST
Fairwinds Alumni Center – Ballroom AB
You can download the University Map, here.
Senator Max Baucus
“On January 7, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Max Sieben Baucus to be Ambassador of the United States of America to China. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 6, 2014, and was sworn in on February 21, 2014.
Ambassador Baucus formerly served as the senior United States Senator from Montana. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1978 to 2013, was Montana’s longest serving U.S. Senator, and had the third-longest tenure among those serving in the U.S. Senate. Ambassador Baucus was Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. He was also a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and chaired its Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Ambassador Baucus was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974.
Ambassador Baucus has extensive experience in international trade. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Ambassador Baucus led the passage and enactment of Free Trade Agreements with 11 countries: Australia, Bahrain, Jordan, Chile, Colombia, Morocco, Oman, Panama, Peru, Singapore, and South Korea. He also worked to increase U.S. exports by knocking down trade barriers and led business leaders on trade missions abroad to Germany, Spain, Belgium, Russia, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, and China. During his tenure on the Senate Committee on Finance, Ambassador Baucus was deeply involved in orchestrating congressional approval of permanent normal trade relations with China in 2000 and in facilitating China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization in 2001.
Ambassador Baucus earned a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Stanford University.”
(U.S. Department of State https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/221450.htm)