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U.S. Elections 2024
Jörn Quitzau
Bergos AG
Joern Quitzau is a Geoeconomics Non-Resident Senior Fellow at AGI. He is Chief Economist at Bergos, a private bank based in Switzerland. He specializes in economic trend research and economic policy. Joern Quitzau hosts two Economics podcasts.
Prior to his position at Bergos, Joern Quitzau worked for Berenberg in Hamburg (2007-2024) and Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt (2000-2006) with a special focus on tax and fiscal policy.
Dr. Quitzau (PhD, University of Hamburg) was a Visiting Fellow at AGI in April 2014 and September 2022 and an American-German Situation Room Fellow in April 2018.
Peter S. Rashish
Vice President; Director, Geoeconomics Program
Peter S. Rashish, who counts over 30 years of experience counseling corporations, think tanks, foundations, and international organizations on transatlantic trade and economic strategy, is Vice President and Director of the Geoeconomics Program at AICGS. He also writes The Wider Atlantic blog.
Mr. Rashish has served as Vice President for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he spearheaded the Chamber’s advocacy ahead of the launch of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Previously, Mr. Rashish was a Senior Advisor for Europe at McLarty Associates, Executive Vice President of the European Institute, and a staff member and consultant at the International Energy Agency, the World Bank, UNCTAD, the Atlantic Council, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the German Marshall Fund.
Mr. Rashish has testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia and has advised three U.S. presidential campaigns. He has been a featured speaker at the Munich Security Conference, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the Salzburg Global Seminar and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jean Monnet Institute in Paris and a Senior Advisor to the European Policy Centre in Brussels. His commentaries have been published in The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and The National Interest, and he has appeared on PBS, CNBC, CNN, and NPR.
He earned a BA from Harvard College and an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University. He speaks French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Till Budelmann
Bergos AG
Till Christian Budelmann is a member of the Executive Committee of Bergos Private Bank where he is responsible for the Bank's capital market opinion as Chief Investment Officer. In regular formats such as podcasts, articles and commentaries, he looks at events on the international capital markets and analyses them in the context of economic and political trends.
Outlook on the Economy, Financial Markets, and the Global Trade System
AGI and the Swiss private bank Bergos have released a new report, “U.S. Elections 2024: Outlook on the Economy, Financial Markets, and the Global Trade System.” In this report, Bergos Chief Investment Officer Till C. Budelmann outlines five potential outcomes of the elections, their likelihood, and how each could impact global financial markets. Bergos Chief Economist Jörn Quitzau analyzes the economic policy of each presidential candidate, how they align and how they differ, and how the majorities in Congress could temper or enable the future president’s plans. AGI Vice President and Geoeconomics Program Director Peter Rashish examines how each candidate could position the United States as a geoeconomic power and manage the reform of the international economic system.
