AIAC AT THE 2025 TRILATERAL COMMISSION GLOBAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON DC
For Immediate Release
April 3 - 6, 2025 – Washington, DC American Industrial Acquisition Corporation Chairman L.M. Levie attended the 2025 North American Global Meeting of the Trilateral Commission, hosted at the Salamander Hotel in Washington DC. Titled “An Era of Revolutions,” the conference convened influential leaders from government, business, finance, academia, and media to discuss the substantial changes in the international political and economic system.
On Thursday, Friday, April 3, the Trilateral Commission’s David Rockefeller Fellows participated in a program with a wide-ranging array of subjects, including:
Supply Chain Protection
AI Risks to Security
Geopolitical Investing
China’s Prospects
Government Efficiency
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, former US Ambassador to the European Union, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and White House Domestic Policy Advisor, addressed the Trilateral Commission Fellows, discussing the Status and Future of American Foreign Policy. Ambassador Eizenstat autographed copies of his recently published book, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World.
AIAC arranged Ambassador Eizenstat’s visit and underwrote the distribution of his books to attendees. The Trilateral Commission address was the tenth address by Ambassador Eizenstat, arranged and underwritten by AIAC at universities and other non-profit institutions in the US and UK, including Harvard Law School-Harvard Program on Negotiation, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Columbia University School of Professional Services, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Brandeis University, The Luncheon Society, The Common Good, The Economic Club of New York, and the Walbrook Club of London.
From Friday April 4 to Sunday April 6, Trilateral Commission members attended sessions on the following topics:
The Social and Cultural Roots of Current Trends
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and the Global Economy
Ukraine War and the Future of European Security
Neurotechnologies and the Battle for Your Brain
The Future of Indo-Pacific Security
Europe at a Crossroads
China and Its Neighbors
Technology Competition
The Importance of Public Debt
Trade and Tariffs Issues
Populism, Conservatism, and the Republican Party
Middle East Issues
Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II
The Energy Transition
Military Technology
Korea-Japan Cooperation
Particularly noteworthy was a fireside chat in which David Rubinstein, Founder of the Carlyle Group interviewed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
David Brooks, noted author and political and cultural commentator, discussed the political impact of growing social isolation, educational and class stratification, and economic anxiety.
On Saturday, April 5, Trilateral Commission Members and their guests enjoyed a champagne reception, dinner and gala which commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Sir Anthony Beevor, the leading historian in the UK, was interviewed by Danial Kurtz-Phelan, Editor of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Levie greeted the following members and speakers during the conference:
Kevin Rudd – Former Prime Minister of Australia; Ambassador to the U.S.
José Manuel Barroso – Former President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal
Ernesto Zedillo – Former President of Mexico
Carl Bildt – Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
General David Petraeus, Partner, KKR, Chairman KKR Global Initiative
David Rubenstein – Chairman and Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group
Scott Kleinman, Co-President, Apollo Global Management
Don Graham, Chairman, Graham Holdings, former Publisher, Washington Post
Robert Kimmitt, Lead Independent Director, Meta (Facebook)
Michael Chertoff – Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Jake Sullivan – Former U.S. National Security Advisor
Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Jane Harman – Former U.S. Congresswoman, former CEO of the Wilson Center
Andrea Mitchell –NBC Anchor and Correspondent
Nicholas Kristof – Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist at The New York Times
Jared Cohen – President of Global Affairs, Goldman Sachs, former Google and State Department official
Daniel Yergin – Vice Chair, S&P Global, Pulitzer-winning author and energy expert
Susan Schwab – Former U.S. Trade Representative
Carla Hills – Former U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of HUD
Paula J. Dobriansky – Former U.S. Under Secretary of State
Meghan L. O’Sullivan – Kennedy School of Government - Belfer Center Director; Former Deputy National Security Advisor
Gary Doer – Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., former Premier of Manitoba
Jean Charest – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, former Premier of Quebec
Guillermo Ortiz Martínez – Former Governor of the Bank of Mexico
Herminio Blanco – Chief NAFTA Negotiator, former Mexican Minister of Economy
Richard Fontaine – CEO, Center for a New American Security, former U.S. Senate foreign policy advisor
Alex Weber – Former Chairman of UBS, Former Bundesbank President
Brent McIntoch – Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Citicorp, General Counsel, former Undersecretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs, former Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Michael B. Greenwald – Head of Digital Assets, Amazon Web Services, former U.S. Treasury official
Linda Hasenfratz – Executive Chair, Linamar Corp
Stéphane Boujnah – CEO, Euronext
Takeshi Niinami – CEO, Suntory Holdings, Chair, Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Chair, Asia-Pacific Chair, Trilateral Commission
Leanne Caret – Former CEO, Boeing Defense; Director at Raytheon
Rebecca Patterson – Director, Vanguard, former Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates
Adam Falkoff – Microsoft Executive; Former McKinsey Partner
Joe Hurd –Director, Lloyds of London, Former U.S. Commerce official
Peter Loewen – Dean, Cornell University
Mike Duffy – Editorial Leader, Washington Post and political magazines
David Sanger – National Security Correspondent, NYT
Graham Alison, Director, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Joseph Nye, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Jacobo Roa-Vicens, Executive Director, JPMorgan, Director, AI Product Development
Caroline Pestel, Consultant, McKinsey, former Advisor, White House National Security Counsel
AIAC Chairman L. M. Leve commented, “In a time defined by mounting geopolitical conflict, trade turmoil, economic uncertainty, and the disruptive force of technological change, the importance of measured reflection and international dialogue has never been greater. The Trilateral Commission continues to serve as a vital forum for candid, non-partisan, and high-level engagement on the most pressing challenges facing the global community.”
He continued, “I was especially pleased to welcome my dear friend, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, to discuss his book, the Art of Diplomacy. His presence and insights were deeply appreciated, and his wisdom was received with great interest and respect.”
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About the Trilateral Commission
The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by US, European, and Japanese leaders who sought to address the challenges posed by the growing economic and political interdependence between the U.S. and its allies in North America, Western Europe, and Japan.
The Trilateral Commission is headed by an executive committee and three regional chairs representing Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region, with headquarters in Paris, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, respectively. Meetings are held annually at locations that rotate among the three regions; regional and national meetings are held throughout the year. Most gatherings focus on discussing reports and debating strategy to meet the commission's aims.
The Trilateral Commission represents influential commercial and political interests. As of 2021, there were roughly 400 members, including leading figures in politics, business, media, and academia. Each country within the three regions is assigned a quota of members reflecting its relative political and economic strength.
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About American Industrial Acquisition Corporation
American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with manufacturing and distribution sites in 24 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia-New Zealand. AIAC has acquired and grown non-core subsidiaries and divisions of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, Ahlstrom, Tolko, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.
AIAC companies serve companies and governmental entities worldwide in all major sectors, including aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, food, confectionary, beverage, civil engineering and infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, education, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, AIAC companies are exclusive, authorized distributors of leading branded industrial and consumer products and serve as critical suppliers for the construction of major airports, schools, hospitals, performing arts and sports centers, offices and hotels throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. AIAC is a leading manufacturer of building, street, and highway signage in Europe, signage and illumination structures in North America, and a distributor of electrical products throughout France.
Of note, AIAC purchased Boeing Canada in 2005 and has produced over 10,000 unique components for every Boeing jet plane ever since, reliably serving Boeing from manufacturing facilities in North America. A leader in ultra-high precision jet engine component manufacturing, AIAC companies produce 2,200 fan blades for each jet engine produced by GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell.
AIAC companies actively support exploration into outer space, manufacturing critical components for launching and propelling spacecraft and satellites. AIAC customers in this sector include NASA, the European Space Agency, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Boeing. AIAC companies also lead in the design and manufacture of undersea umbilical cables for worldwide oceanographic research.
AIAC companies produce the critical automotive wire and cable for Tesla, GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, and Nissan. In connection with its kraft paper manufacturing interests in Canada and the US, AIAC controls and sustainably manages 22 million acres of Manitoba, Canada forestland, an area equivalent in size to the nation of Hungary. AIAC affiliate, Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen GmbH, located in Germany, designs, manufactures and distributes high performance, emergency portable power generators utilized in global conflict zones and during natural disasters.
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About AIAC Philanthropy
AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, environmental sustainability, exploration, and the performing arts. The exploration-focused nonprofit organizations which they actively support include the National Geographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Space Society, and the United States Space Foundation.
L. M. Levie, Chairman of AIAC, is a Member of the Trilateral Commission, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Council on Foreign Relations Legacy Society, the Yale CEO Summit, the Chairman’s Legacy Society of the Atlantic Council, the Patrons Circle of the Japan Society, and the Centennial Society and Legacy Society of the Economic Club of New York. He serves as a Trustee of the Explorers Club and a Fellow of the Asia Society, of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, and of the Royal Geographical Society.
AIAC’s other beneficiaries include the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc., the Asia Society, the Atlantic Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Philanthropy Partners, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carter Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institut Française des Relations Internationales, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Crisis Group, the International Rescue Committee, the Japan Society, the JFK School of Government of Harvard University, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and the Sierra Club.
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About Avara Pharmaceutical Services
Avara Pharmaceutical Services is a global leader in contract manufacturing for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. With campuses in Arecibo, Puerto Rico; Norman, Oklahoma; and Liscate, Italy, Avara serves 40 countries, producing a wide range of critical medications, including oral solid doses and injectable pharmaceuticals.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Avara played a key role in manufacturing essential treatments. In 2021, Avara Norman produced the active pharmaceutical ingredients for Remdesivir, a leading COVID-19 treatment. Avara Liscate manufactured Nimbex for AbbVie from 2020 to 2022 and Adrenaline for Pfizer from 2020 to 2024, both vital respiratory drugs for COVID-19 patients. Avara’s state-of-the-art facilities ensure compliance with global regulatory standards and enable efficient production processes. Committed to sustainability, Avara invests in advanced manufacturing techniques and environmental initiatives. Trusted by clients such as Aspen, AbbVie, Astellas, Bausch & Lomb, Genentech-Roche, Merck, Organon, Pfizer, SK Life, and others, Avara tailors its services to meet unique client needs.
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