PROGRAM SKATTEUDVALGET OG SKATTEMINISTER 26. februar 2018 BESØG I WASHINGTON Washington Mette K. Petry +1 202-255-5941 DATO: Søndag den 4. marts – fredag den 8. marts 2018 DELTAGERE: Delegation: 12 personer Folketingets Skatteudvalg Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen, The Social Democratic Party, Chairman Joachim Brøchner Olsen, Liberal Alliance Louise Schack Elholm, The Liberal Party Claus Larsen-Jensen, The Social Democratic Party Torsten Schack Pedersen, The Liberal Party Tina Grønlund, Committee Secretary Mads Fallesen, Committee Secretary Charlotte Friis, Committee Assistant Skatteministeriet Minister for Taxation Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen Special Advisor Thomas le Dous Head of Division Christian Stenberg Jensen Personal Assistant Marie Johanne Mørk KONTAKTOPLYSNINGER Tina Grønlund Udvalgssekretær, Folketinget Dir. +45 33 37 55 52 [email protected] Mette Kanstrup Petry Royal Danish Embassy Dir. +1 202 797 5355 [email protected] Side 1 af 6 PROGRAM SØNDAG DEN 4. MARTS 2018 12.20 Afgang København, fly nr. SK925 15.15 Ankomst Washington D.C. Dulles Lufthavn 16.00 Afhentning i lufthavnen og kørsel til hotel v/ Ambassadør Lars Gert Lose 16.30 Indkvartering Melrose Hotel 2430 Pennesylvania Av. NW Tel +1 202-955-6400 Side 2 af 6 MANDAG DEN 5. MARTS 2018 08.30 Mødes i lobby, afgang fra hotel Afhentes af Mette Petry Transport i bus 10-15 min. 09.00 – 10.00 Ambassadør Lars Gert Lose Residensen Emne: Briefing om amerikansk politik Royal Danish Embassy 3200 Whitehaven Street Transport i bus 10 min. 10.45 – 11.45 Mr. Joseph Gagnon, Senior Fellow PIIE Mr. Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Senior Fellow 1750 Massachusetts Av. NW Mr. Kirkegaard, Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International economics Emne: The implications of Trumps policies on the US economy, hereunder the tax reform, fiscal sustainability, the pro-growth focus and the consequences for inequality. Transport i bus 9 min. 12.00 – 13.45 Frokost, 1924 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Founding Farmers DC Transport 4 min. gang 14.00 – 15.00 Mr. Douglas Holz-Eakin, AAF American Action Forum Policy Institute 1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW 5th Floor Emne: The US tax reform, hereunder the main results and the economic effects, the international provisions and the effect for international corporations, and the prospects for a corrective bill. Transport 5 min. gang 15.45 – 16.30 Mr. Russel Vought, Deputy Director The Eisenhower Executive Of- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) fice Building. Room 248 (2nd floor) Emne: the US tax reform, 2-year budget agreement, president Trumps budget proposal and the effect for fiscal sustainability. Transport i bus 17 min. 17.15 – 18.30 Rundvisning i Kongressen (Tentativt) Congressman Hoyer’s Whip United States Capitol, South Entrance Office, Capitol H-148 Transport fra Kongressen til hotellet - 17 min. i bus Side 3 af 6 TIRSDAG DEN 6. MARTS 2018 9.00 Mødes i lobby, afgang fra hotel Afhentes af Mette Petry Transport i bus 9 min. 09.30 – 10.15 Maya Macgunieas, President CRFB Committee for a responsible budget 1900 M St. NW Suite 850 Emne: Fiscal sustainability, hereunder the consequences of the tax reform, the budget process, debt ceiling and the latest CBO projections, the effects of changing demographics and the cost of healthcare. Transport i bus 20 min. 11.00 – 11.30 Rep. Richard Neal, (MA-1) House of Representatives House of Representative, U.S. Congress Cannon House Office Building 341 Ankom 10:45 Emne: The US tax reform and the effects for the economy and fiscal sustainability, the international provisions, and the pro- spects for a corrective bill. Transport i bus 10 min. 11.45 – 14.10 Frokost, The Hamilton 600 14th Street, N.W. Transport 2 min. gang 14.30 – 15.15 David Kautter, Assistant Secretary, Office of Tax Policy, Office of Tax Policy, Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue Ankom 14:15 Emne: The US tax reform and the role of the Administration, hereunder the main results and the effects for the economy and fiscal sustainability, the international provisions, and the pro- spects for a corrective bill. Transport 3 min. gang 16.00 – 16.45 Shahira E. Knight, Eisenhower Executive Office Special Assistant to the president for Tax Policy Ankom 15:40 Mathew Haarsager Special Assistant to the president for Global Economics and Fi- nance National Economic Council, The White House Emne: The US tax reform and the role of the Administration, hereunder the main results and the effects for the economy and fiscal sustainability, the international provisions, and the pro- spects for a corrective bill. Transport i bus til hotellet 11 min. Transport fra hotellet til Ambassaden 8 min. 18.30 – 20.30 Middag på ambassaden 3200 Whitehaven St. med Kevin Madden, partner, Hamilton Place Strategies Emne: US midterm election Transport fra Ambassaden til hotellet 8 min. Side 4 af 6 ONSDAG DEN 7. MARTS 2018 07.45 Mødes i lobby, afgang fra hotel Afhentes af Mette Petry Transport til IMF – gående 13 min. 08.30 – 09.30 Thea Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute IMF HQ2-01A-250A Ankom 8:15 Emne: Inequality and inclusive growth The balance and relationship between growth and economic inequality in the current economic policy The development in income, wealth, inequality and the con- sequences for the incentive to work (participation rate) and the labour market. The political debate on inequality and distributional issues, economic growth, and tax cut ect. How does inequality affect the average American? And what is the average American view on redistribution of income and wealth? 10.00 – 11.00 Xavier Debrun, Deputy Chief of the Fiscal Policy and Surveillance IMF Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF HQ2-01A-250A Emne: Udsigter for verdensøkonomien og ulighed 11.00 – 12.00 Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF IMF HQ2-01A-250A Emne: Skatte- og finanspolitik & Digital revolution in Public Fi- nance 12.00 – 13.40 Frokost i IMFs kantine 14.00 – 15.00 Jim Brumby, Director, Public Service and Performance, Govern- Verdensbanken ance Global Practice, Verdensbanken 1818 H St NW Ankom 13.45 Emne: Skattely og ulighed 15.00 Transport til hotellet – 15 min. gang 15.00 Karsten Lauritzen, Thomas Le Dous og Marie Johanne Mørk af- hentes udenfor Verdensbanken og køres til lufthavnen Side 5 af 6 TORSDAG DEN 8. MARTS 2018 08.30 Mødes i lobby, afgang fra hotel Medbring bagage, som sættes i bussen Transport til ITEP 10 min. i bus 09.00 – 10.00 Alan Essig (Director) and Matthew Gardner (Senior Fellow), Institute on Taxation and Eco- Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy nomic Policy (ITEP) 1616 P Street NW Suite 200 Emne: Tax competition among US states: • What is the balance between a healthy competition and a dis- torted system? • The facts and figures for the race to the bottom, and its conse- quences for growth and employment • Companies investments decisions as a result of tax optimiza- tion Transport til Ambassaden 10 min. i bus 10.45 – 11.45 Laura Dawson, Director, Royal Danish Embassy Canada Institute, Wilson Center 3200 Whitehaven Street Emne: NAFTA • The current status for the NAFTA negotiation, the different po- sition in the negotiations and the prospects going forward. • Which learning points for future trade negotiations can be drawn from the current negotiations? • Positive and negative consequences of NAFTA Transport til Fogo de Chao 19 min. i bus 12.15 – 14.15 Frokost, Fogo de Chao 1101 Pennsylvania Ave NW Tel Transport til lufthavnen 40 min. i bus 14.00 Afgang fra hotellet, transport til lufthavnen Dulles International Airport 17.15 Flyafgang Dulles Airport (SK926) FREDAG DEN 9. MARTS 2018 07.10 Ankomst Københavns Lufthavn Side 6 af 6 .