Carla Anderson Hills
Carla Hills | |
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United States Trade Representative | |
In office February 6, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Clayton Yeutter |
Succeeded by | Mickey Kantor |
5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | |
In office March 10, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | James Thomas Lynn |
Succeeded by | Patricia Roberts Harris |
20th United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
In office 1973–1975 | |
President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Harlington Wood Jr. |
Succeeded by | Rex E. Lee |
Co-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations | |
In office June 30, 2007 – July 1, 2017 Serving with Robert Rubin | |
President | Richard N. Haass |
Preceded by | Peter G. Peterson |
Succeeded by | David Rubenstein |
Personal details | |
Born | Carla Anderson January 3, 1934 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Education | Stanford University (BA) St Hilda's College, Oxford Yale University (LLB) |
Carla Anderson Hills (born January 3, 1934) is an American lawyer and former government official. A member of the
Early life and education
Born Carla Anderson in
Career
Hills was admitted to the California bar in 1959, and served as an Assistant
She was a
Hills's lack of relevant experience was somewhat controversial during the hearings for her nomination to head the
U.S. Trade Representative
Hills served as U.S. Trade Representative in the
An advocate of free trade, she was the primary U.S. negotiator of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In 2000, Hills was awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle (La Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca), which is the highest honor awarded to non-citizens by the Mexican government.[6] In fact, it was the first time Mexican-Americans were awarded this award since November 12, 1990 when the union leader, Cesar Chavez, received it.[7]
President George H.W. Bush's administration's priority was to hammer out the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the Uruguay Round, where Hills was known as a strong negotiator. “Delegations from 97 countries [sought] ways to notch down everyone’s tariffs and remove other obstacles to trade.” “The 97 signatories to GATT account for two-thirds of the $3 trillion in merchandise traded each year. Since the original agreement in 1947, GATT has been altered six times...” but, “after the last GATT revision – the Tokyo Round, which started in 1976 – many American industries were outclassed by others”.[5]
Post-government career
Since 1993, she has worked as a consultant and a public speaker through Hills & Company International Consultants, which merged with Dentons Global Advisors ASG in 2022.
In 2008, Yale University granted her an honorary degree. She has also received honorary degrees from other institutions.[12]
She was one of the founders of the Forum for International Policy where she is a trustee.[13]
In 2020, Hills, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that
In July 2022, Hills helped found a group of U.S. business and policy leaders who share the goal of constructively engaging with China in order to improve U.S.-China relations.[15]
North American community
In 2005, Hills participated in the Task Force on the Future of North America. The Task Force produced a controversial report called Building a North American Community sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations. The reported advocated strengthening trading relationships between the U.S., Canada and Mexico by making trade more efficient, building infrastructure in North America, fast tracking borders and integrating language. For example, it recommended assisting “elementary and secondary schools in teaching about North America.” (page 29) “Develop teacher exchange and training programs for elementary and secondary school teachers. This would assist in removing language barriers and give some students a greater sense of a North American identity. Greater efforts should also be made to recruit Mexican language teachers to teach Spanish in the United States and Canada.”[16]
Affiliations
- Co-chair, Council on Foreign Relations[17]
- Chair, National Committee on United States-China Relations[18]
- Executive committee member, Trilateral Commission
- Executive committee member, Institute for International Economics (IIE), now the Peterson Institute
- Director, ChevronTexaco, since 1993.
- Director, American International Group
- Director, Lucent Technologies
- Director, AOL Time Warner
- Director, Results for Development Institute
- Board of Directors, Inter-American Dialogue[19]
- Trustee, Forum for International Policy[13]
- U.S. board member, International Crisis Group.
- Advisory board member, Partnership for a Secure America
- Counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Advisory board member, National Bureau of Asian Research
Awards and honors
In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Hills’ name and picture.[20]
In 1993, Hills received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.[21]
See also
References
- ^ "Carla Anderson Hills". Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "International Crisis Group – Carla A. Hills". Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ISBN 978-0-07-056701-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8139-2743-5.
- ^ a b Louis Uchitelle (June 10, 1990). "A Crowbar for Carla Hills". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Hills Program on Governance, Roderick M. & Carla A. Hills". Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^
Hamm, Patricia H. (July 1, 1996). "Chicanos, NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Relations: A 1988-1993 Chronology" (PDF). Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society (University of California, Irvine): 8. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
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(help) - ^ "News | Albright Stonebridge Group". www.albrightstonebridge.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Ted Turner and Carla A. Hills to Step Down from Time Warner's Board of Directors". February 24, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Carla A. Hills Profile – Forbes.com". Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "The US-China Business Council".
- ^ Yale University gives ex-Beatle honorary doctorate in music[permanent dead link] RepublicanAmerican, 2008-05-26, retrieved 2008-05-26
- ^ a b "The Forum for International Policy, trustees". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden". Defending Democracy Together. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Greenberg, Maurice R. (2022-07-07). "We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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Pastor, Robert A.; Hills, Carla A.; Jones, James R.; Manley, John P.; Niles, Thomas M.T.; Cunningham, Nelson W.; Weld, William F.; Yzaguirre, Raul H. (May 2005). Building a North American Community (PDF). Council on Foreign Relations Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-87609-348-9. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations, retrieved 2008-05-26
- ^ "Board of Directors | NCUSCR". Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-07-04., National Committee on United States-China Relations, retrieved 2008-07-04
- ^ Inter-American Dialogue BoD, dead as of 2008-05-26 Archived May 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2008-05-26
- ^ Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "National Winners | public service awards | Jefferson Awards.org". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
External links
- Author biography
- A Few Good Women... Carla Anderson Hills Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Appearances on C-SPAN