Commissioner O. Felix Obi

Commissioner O. Felix Obi, MPM, is experienced in commercial diplomacy, a member of the Executive Office of the U.S. President’s (EOP) Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA), at the Office of USTR. Felix is also Chair of the Economic & Trade Development Taskforce (Africa Commission) at the Maryland Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives (GOCI). Felix was Biden-Harris 2020 Campaign’s Policy & Communications Chair for African Diaspora engagement, among other roles. He is a World Trade Center Institute 2021 Bowe Fellow, and an alumnus of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, where he served two terms on the McCourt School Alumni Board. Twitter: @OFelixObi

Africa-centric New World Order: A Transatlantic Alliance in Commercial Diplomacy

The world is again at a major inflection point. As the Transatlantic Alliance strives to ensure successful defense of a rules-based international order, expand markets, build supply chain resilience, and reduce strategic dependencies on Russia and China, geopolitical and economic tailwinds favor Africa as an investment destination. However, Africa must come prepared with a unified, […]

The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, 2022: A Subnational Problem-Solving Approach to International Relations

President Biden recently announced that the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit will be December 13th-15th, 2022. According to the White House, the Leaders Summit will “demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and will underscore the importance of U.S.-Africa relations and increased cooperation on shared global priorities.” Even more recently, the White House released the U.S. […]