Ralph E. Winnie,
Jr.
Washington, D.C. T: 202-549-7928
F: 202-237-1452
The Eurasia Center
and its Eurasian Business Coalition is dedicated to promoting and preserving
the ideas of affordable housing, economic cooperation, environmental
sustainable development and the promotion of business development, tax and
trade between the United States
and the fifty nine nations comprising Eurasia .
As the Director of
the Eurasian Business Coalition’s China Program, Ralph E. Winnie, Jr. was
appointed by the Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency as Business Development Representative
for North America . He has been responsible for
the promotion of business development, tax and trade between Guangxi province
in the People’s Republic of China
and the United States .
Ralph has worked directly with clients who wanted to do business in Guangxi
province, arranging meetings with provincial government officials and the
Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency who have assisted him in helping to identify and locate
potential Chinese joint venture partners for clients. Ralph E. Winnie, Jr. has
also hosted high level delegations from Guangxi province in Washington ,
D.C. and organized a seminar for Guangxi
government officials to meet with individuals and business leaders who had an
interest in learning about business and cultural opportunities in China
in September 2005 and December 2007.
Ralph E. Winnie,
Jr. is responsible for advising domestic and foreign clients regarding
international tax minimization strategies and joint venture partnerships in China .
He has been a VIP guest of the Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency at the
annual China-ASEAN Exposition in Nanning ,
negotiating and establishing relationships with potential Chinese business partners
for firm clients. Ralph has been
interviewed and written up in the local Nanning Daily Press and has done live
interviews with CCTV. Ralph E. Winnie, Jr. also works with various coalition
and industry groups in Washington ,
D.C. such as the U.S. Asian
Cultural Academy and Rotary International. He has published opinion editorials
in Russia Now, an international supplement of the Washington Post, discussing a
variety of topics related to current business trends and foreign policy issues
dealing with China and Russia and his definitive article on Taxation of International
Athletes appeared in Tax Notes International.
Finally, Ralph E.
Winnie, Jr. has extensive experience and expertise dealing with members of Congress , U.S.
agencies and foreign governments. His foreign governmental contacts are on the
highest level, having reviewed an agreement between an Asian Government and the
Government of the United
States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation
and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income and
capital. Ralph similarly assisted this same foreign governmental entity by
developing relationships with members of Congress in an effort to locate
medical equipment for the Army
Hospital in that country.
Ralph
E. Winnie, Jr. received an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown
University Law
Center in 2002 and graduated magna cum
laude from Jacob D. Fuchsberg
Law Center
in 1999. He is a member of the District
of Columbia and New York Bars and is admitted to
practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
He studied international law at Oxford
University (Magdalen
College ) in Oxford ,
the United Kingdom and Moscow State
University in Moscow , Russia .