Re: Greetings!

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: doug.band@teneoholdings.com CC: Eryn_M_Sepp@who.eop.gov Date: 2014-02-28 00:17 Subject: Re: Greetings!

For you, I'll try. JP --Sent from my iPad-- john.podesta@gmail.com For scheduling: eryn.sepp@gmail.com > On Feb 27, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Doug Band <doug.band@teneoholdings.com> wrote: > > Sorry to pester > Would really appreciate if you could see andrew, important to me > From: Doug Band > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 10:10:57 PM > To: JOHN Podesta > Subject: Fw: Greetings! > > This is what I was referring to > Thx > From: Orson Porter > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:58:29 PM > To: Doug Band > Subject: FW: Greetings! > > > > From: Orson Porter > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 8:09 AM > To: Doug Band > Subject: FW: Greetings! > > Will call you on this one > From: Orson Porter > Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 6:07 PM > To: 'John_D_Podesta@who.eop.gov' > Subject: Greetings! > > John, > As always, I am proud of you my friend. As you may know I recently departed Nike and joined the Teneo group. Since you have joined the White House, I keep hearing your name in various meetings and thought I would reach out to offer my support. When you have time I would love to give you some feedback from some of the corporate clients I am working with and I would also like to present you with a possible meeting request. > > Andrew Mackenzie, the CEO of BHP Billiton will be in DC the first week of March (5th or 6th) and was interested in meeting with you. BHP Billiton employees nearly 5,000 employees across the nation and will be making some additional investments. The purpose of the meeting will be to educate you on the company’s expanding U.S. footprint and possible environmental partnerships. > > Thanks for the consideration - Op > > P.S I don’t see you jogging in the neighbourhood anymore? > > BHP in free trade crusade > Mackenzie warns against protectionism > The Australian > 7 Februrary 2014 > > By Annabel Hepworth > > BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie has declared that ``an evangelism'' is required to resist protectionism and capture the benefits of free trade that underpin economic growth and jobs creation. > > Mr Mackenzie, who chairs the B20 trade taskforce that will make recommendations for this year's G20 agenda, said the group wanted to ensure there was ``at least a standstill'' on protectionism. > > He also pledged that the taskforce would have a stronger focus on the trade in services, saying ``if you close a laboratory door you deny yourself access to more ideas than you deny your competitors''. > > ``Although the world does move forward in a fairly slow way, to capture some of the benefits of free trade it quite frequently takes steps backwards, and there is a degree of protectionism,'' Mr Mackenzie said. > > ``And so vigilance and, if you like, an evangelism, of sorts, are certainly required.'' > > Mr Mackenzie's comments came as Joe Hockey yesterday vowed that Australia would ``play to its strengths'' in its leadership role of the G20 and the Minerals Council of Australia warned the Abbott government that domestic protectionism could threaten the success of export industries such as mining. > > In a pre-budget submission, obtained by The Australian, the Minerals Council urges Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb to be a strong advocate for open markets ``to counter protectionist sentiment''. > > The submission also backs the government's push for the early conclusion of free trade agreements with Japan and China, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. > > Mr Hockey said that while there was reform fatigue in many G20 countries, Australia's focus would be on improving the environment for growth, including policies to enhance trade. > > ``The best way to promote stronger economic growth is by unlocking private sector-led growth through more investment and free trade,'' Mr Hockey said. > > In line with this free trade message, Mr Mackenzie said the B20 trade taskforce felt it had a strong obligation ``to reassert the economic and social benefits of free trade, and therefore the pitfalls and dangers of protectionism''. > > ``And I guess we certainly agreed as a group that -- you know, we can't say this enough.'' > > Mr Mackenzie this week held the first meeting of the taskforce, with 45 of his counterparts from Europe and Middle East, Australia and Asia, North and South America. > > Outlining priority areas yesterday, Mr Mackenzie said the taskforce was focused on a few key themes as it wants to put forward a small number of practical recommendations aimed at increasing trade. > > As well as advocating for trade liberalisation and supporting nations to resist protectionism, the taskforce will focus on: lowering supply chain barriers; the trade in services; and turning preferential deals between trading blocs into multilateral agreements so that multiple nations are party to them. > > On the push on trade in services, there are concerns that while services account for a growing share of global GDP, as a proportion of international trade flows, they are still disproportionately small. > > ``As somebody who previously worked in research, I was always keen on the maxim -- I've forgot who actually said it -- but if you close a laboratory door you deny yourself access to more ideas than you deny your competitors,'' Mr Mackenzie said. ``And I think in a more networked world, services and ideas and the trade in them happening more easily will certainly accelerate.'' > > Wesfarmers managing director and B20 Australia chairman Richard Goyder has previously said an international trade agreement on services is crucial. > > Mr Goyder has singled out the need for expansion of the Information Technology Agreement. > > On addressing the proliferation of agreements and making sure these coalesced into global agreements, Mr Mackenzie said this was an area where the taskforce hoped to make progress. > > ``Certainly for a company like BHP Billiton, it's incredibly important . . . our iron ore can be sold to one country to make steel. The steel can then be onsold to a second country . . . And therefore you meet lots of trade agreements. Be good if that was all part of something that was more omnipresent, and more global.'' > > Meanwhile, in its pre-budget submission, the Minerals Council calls on the government to cut unnecessary impediments to cross-border business. > > ``While tariff protection has remained broadly stable in Australia over recent years, protectionist policy pressures have found other outlets, including through more restrictive anti-dumping laws, government subsidies to select industries, greater bureaucratic intervention in local purchasing decisions, notably applying to major project developers in the resources industry, and in efforts to further restrict skilled migration,'' the submission says. > > <image001.jpg> > Orson C. Porter > Managing Director > 325 7th Street N.W. > Suite 325 > Washington D.C., 20004 > O: (202) 558-3151 > M: (347) 268-8190 > Orson.Porter@TeneoStrategy.com > > >