"WTO AFTER 10 YEARS: GLOBAL PROBLEMS AND MULTILATERAL SOLUTIONS "
20 to 22 April 2005
WTO Public Symposium – programme
Centre William Rappard154, rue de Lausanne
1211 Geneva, Switzerland
WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2005Room CR (Council Room)
07.30 – 10.00 Badge Collection - Centre William Rappard
10.00 – 11.00
PLENARY OPENINGChairperson:
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi – WTO Director-General
Speakers:
H.E. José Manuel Barroso – President, European Commission H.E. Paul Kagame – President, Republic of Rwanda
11.00 – 13.00
High Level Session on Trade, Economics and Growth
(ROOM W)Moderator: Jean-Pierre Lehmann – Director, The Evian Group
Speakers : Abdou Diouf – Secretary General, Organisation
internationale de la Francophonie Dr. Edward Leamer – Professor, UCLA Dr. Mariama Williams – Institute for Law and Economics,
Jamaica; Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, IGTN and Center of Concern
Victor Chu – Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
High Level Session on WTO's Institutional Challenges (CR ROOM)
Moderator: Afsane Bassir-Pour - Geneva correspondent, Le Monde
Speakers: KIM Hyun-chong – Minister for Trade, Republic of
Korea Peter Sutherland – former GATT & WTO Director-
General Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane - Archbishop of
Cape Town; Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Renato Ruggiero – former WTO Director-General James Bacchus – former member WTO Appellate
Body; Chairman trade practice group, Greenberg Traurig
13.00 - 15.00BREAK
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13.00 – 15.00 ROOM A, 13.00 -15.00Brown bag lunch meeting– organized by European Commission (speakers: Matthew Baldwin, Marta Moya Diaz – DG Trade)
"Expanding developing countries export - Presentation of the EU helpdesk"
Room CR Room W Room D Room E Room A
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15.00 - 18.00
(1) "Trade in Cultural Goods and Services; Assessing the compatibility between trade rules and UNESCO's cultural diversity convention"
Organizers: International Network for Cultural Diversity - INCD
Moderator:
Speakers: * Jane Kelsey – Professor, University of Auckland* Garry Neil – Executive Director, INCD* Roy Mickey Joy - Rotational Representative,Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO* Jacques Béhanzin – Secretary General of the Panafrican
(2) "A world in development? Workers, adjustment policies and employment in textiles and beyond"
Organizers: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions – ICFTU, WCL1
Moderator:Anna Biondi – Director, ICFTU Geneva Office
Speakers:* John Evans – General Secretary, TUAC2
* Neil Kearney – General Secretary, ITGLWF3
* H.E. Charles Mutalemwa – WTO Ambassador, Tanzania* Nazma Akter – General Secretary, BIGUF4
(3) "Completing the Doha Round – Who needs to do what to ensure success?"
Organizers: National Foreign Trade Council - NFTC
Moderator: John Weekes – Senior Policy Advisor, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Geneva
Speakers* Celine Charveriat – Oxfam International, Geneva* John Disharoon – Director, Public Affairs, Caterpillar Brussels * Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz – Executive Director, ICTSD* T.S. Vishnawath – Confederation of Indian Industry, Geneva office
(4) "Agricultural Dumping, Import Surges and the Price Crisis – What reforms are needed?"
Organizers: Coordination Sud, ROPPA6, CSA7, IATP8
The Case of Soy Beans
Moderator: Alexandra Strickner - IATP
Speakers:* Altemir Tortelli - FETRAF SUL, Brasil* Larry Mitchell – NRTV, US* Daryll Ray – University of Tenessee* Gerard Choplin – CPE, Europe
The Chicken case
(5) "Transparency and Participation in the National Trade Policy Process"
Organizers: International Institute for Sustainable Development -IISD9
Moderator: Mark Halle - IISD
Speakers:* Susan Aaronson – Kenan Centre, University of North Carolina* Robert Wolfe – Queens' University, Canada* Yash Tandon – South Centre* H.E. Toufik Ali – WTO Ambassador, Bangladesh* Anthony Hill - former Ambassador of Jamaica to UN, Geneva
1 World Confederation of Labour2 Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD3 International Textiles, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation4 Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation6 Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles d'Afrique de l'Ouest 7 Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires8 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy9 International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Federation of Directors, Benin
* Chhorn Sokha – CCAWDU, Cambodia* Tanya van Meelis - COSATU5
* Liam McCreery – President, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance
Moderator: Fabrice Ferrier – Coordination Sud
Speakers* Benedicte Hermelin – GRET, France* Ndiogou Fall – ROPPA* Gerard Choplin – CPE* Germano Battista – DESER, Brazil* H.E. Ousmane Camara – WTO Ambassador, Senegal (tbc)* H.E. Gusmardi Bustani – WTO Ambassador, Indonesia (tbc)
* H.E. Manzoor Ahmad – WTO Ambassador, Pakistan* Caroline Dommen – Executive Director, 3D (Trade, Development and Human Rights)
18.00 - 20.00 RECEPTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOBBY OF THE COUNCIL ROOM
5 Congress of South African Trade Unions
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THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2005
Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room B
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10.00 - 13.00 (6) "Outstanding Issues in Agriculture and Impacts on Farm Policies"
Organizers: IFAP10
Moderator: Jack Wilkinson – President, IFAP
Panel I:* H.E. David Spencer – WTO Ambassador Australia* H.E. Dr. Toufiq Ali – WTO Ambassador Bangladesh* H.E. Carlo Trojan – WTO Ambassador EC* H.E. Luzius Wasescha –
(7) "10 years of Trade and Environment in the WTO: What has been achieved, and what next?"
Organizers: European Commission, DG Trade
Moderator:Rupert Schlegelmilch – EC, DG Trade
Speakers: * Mark Halle – IISD* John Audley – German Marshall Fund* Richard Tarasofsky – RIIA* Doaa Abdel-Motaal – WTO * Bernice Lee – ICTSD
(8) "Re-Thinking the Energy Paradigm"
Organizers: UN Foundation
Moderator: Mohamed T. El-Ashry - Senior Fellow, UN Foundation
Speakers:* Dr. Mersie Ejigu – President and CEO, PAES11
* Dr. Hermann Scheer – German House of Parliament; General Chairman, The World Council for Renewable Energy* Ambassador Ira Shapiro – Of Counsel, Global Trade Practice
(9) NAMA is key!: A debate on civil society concerns about the NAMA negotiations"
Organizers: Greenpeace International, IATP, FOE Int.12, ICFTU, PSI13, TWN14, Seatini15, IMF16, ActionAid Int., CIEL17, IFG18
Moderator: Daniel Mittler – Greenpeace International
Speakers:* Martin Khor – TWN* Tanya van Meelis - COSATU* Carla Coletti – International
(10) "Making Trade Support Development: Global Problems and Viable Alternatives"
Organizers: South Centre
Speakers:* South Centre* Dr. Nagesh Kumar – Director-General, RIS, India* Johnny Gaudia – Vice Director, Association of the Footwear Industry, SMP, the Philippines* Representative of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Starting time: 9.30!
(11) "The small and vulnerable economies in the WTO and the Doha negotiations"
Organizers: ABEPG19, AITIC20
Introduction:* Dr. Esperanza Durán- Executive Director, AITIC* Susanne Köhler – Executive Director, ABPEG
Speakers:* H.E. Alvaro Moscoso Blanco – Permanent Representative of Bolivia* Dr. Roman
10 International Federation of Agricultural Producers11 Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability12 Friends of the Earth International13 Public Services International14 Third World Network15 Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information Negotiating Institute16 International Metalworkers Federation17 Center for International Environmental Law18 International Forum on Globalization19 Asociacion Boliviana de Economia Politica de la Globalizacion20 Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation
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Switzerland* H.E. Linnet F. Deily – WTO Ambassador US
Panel II:* Robert Friesen – Canadian Federation of Agriculture* Peter Gaemelke – Ctee of Agricultural Organisations, EU* Tom Lambie – Federated Farmers, Ireland* Fernando Lopez - Comision Nacional de Fomento Rural, Uruguay* Raul Montemayor - Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Philippines* Ajay Vashee – Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
Group, Greenberg-TRaurig LLP* Dr. Hari Sharan – Chairman and CEO, DESI Power Ltd., India
Metalworkers Federation* Pedro Avendano – World Forum of Fisherfolk* Ronnie Hall – FOE International* Temistocles Marcelos Neto – CUT, Brazil
Grynberg – Deputy Director, Commonwealth Secretariat* H.E. Trevor Clarke – Permanent Representative of Barbados; former chair dedicated session of CTD* H.E. Eduardo Ernesto Sperisen-Yurt – Permanent Representative of Guatemala* Dr. Sheila Page – Overseas Development Institute
13.00 – 15.00 BREAK
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Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room A
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15.00 - 18.00 (12) "Trade Policy and the farm income crisis in the context of WTO negotiations"
Organizers: Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Moderator:H.E. Don Stephenson – Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO
Speakers:* Bob Friesen – President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture* Daryll E.Ray – University of Tenessee* Ndiogou Fall –
(13) "Development Perspectives on the Current WTO Negotiations"
Organizers: Third World Network
Moderator:
Speakers:* Martin Khor – TWN, Malaysia* Nagesh Kumar- RIS, India* John Hilary – War on Want, UK* Jacques Berthelot Mouvement de Solidarité* Charles Abugre – Christian Aid
(14) "Africa in the WTO – Does the first 10 years give any hope for an African Trading Future?"
Organizers: TRALAC21
Moderator: Trudy Hartzenberg – Executive Director, TRALAC
Speakers:* H.E. Amina Chawahir Mohamed – Permanent Representative of Kenya to the WTO* Tenu Avafia – TRALAC* Paul Kalenga – TRALAC* Calvin Manduna – TRALAC* Petina Gappah - ACWL22 * Hilton Zunckel - TRALAC
(15) "Beijing + 10 meets WTO + 10"
Organizers: IGTN23, Action Aid
Moderator: Maria Riley – Center of Concern; IGTN
Speakers:* Naty Bernardino – IGTN-Asia* Mariama Williams – Center of Concern; IGTN* Marianne Hochuli – Berne Declaration; IGTN-Europe* Aftab Alam – Action Aid, Pakistan* Yassine Fall – UNDP; IGTN Africa
(16) "Trade Facilitation: A Tool For Development"
Organizers: UNECE24, AITIC
Introduction:* Dr. Esperanza Durán – Executive Director, AITIC* Dr. Carol Cosgrove-Sacks – Director, Trade, Development and Timber Division, UNECE
Speakers:* Jean Kubler – Acting Chief, Global Trade Solutions Branch, UNECE* David Wakeford – Chief Executive, SITPRO* H.E. Peter Brnõ –
(17) "Disclosure Requirements: Incorporating the CBD Principles in the TRIPS Agreement On the Road to Hong Kong"
Organizers: IUCN25, CIEL, ICTSD26, IDDRI27, Quakers
Moderators:* Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz – ICTSD
Speakers:* Begoña Venero – Peruvian Patent Office*Felix Addor – Swiss Patent Office* Michel Gollin – Venable LLP* N.S. Gopalakrishnan – Cochin University of Science and Technology* Graham Dutfield
21 Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa22 Advisory Centre on WTO Law23 International Gender and Trade Network24 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe25 The World Conservation Union26 International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development27 Institut de Développement durable et des Relations Internationales
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President, ROPPA, Senegal* Dave Frederickson – President, National Farmers Union, US* Kari Redse Haskjold – VP, Norwegian Farmers Union* Allan Burgess – National Farmers' Federation of Australia* Laurent Pellerin – President, l'Union des Producteurs Agricoles* Daniel-Mercier Gouin – Professeur, Université Laval, Québec* Peter Clark – President, Grey, Shih and Associates
Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic* H.E. Valentine Rugwabiza – Permanent Representative of Rwanda (tbc)* H.E. Rigoberto Gauto Vielman – Permanent Representative of Paraguay (tbc)* Alexy A. Kaulbars – Director, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation * Alexey Portanskiy – Director, Information office on Russia's accession to WTO* Jadranka Zenić-Zeljković – Head of Department, Ministry of International Economic Relations, Rep. of Serbia
– Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute* Athul Kaushik – Indian Mission to the WTO
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FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2005
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10.00 - 13.00 (18) "The WTO at 10: The perceived loss off sovereignty due to WTO accords: should parliamentarians be concerned?"
Organizers: Inter-Parliamentary Union - PU
Moderator: Erika Mann – member of the European Parliament
Speakers:* Enrique Barón Crespo – member of European Parliament* Laurence Boisson de Chazournes – Professor, University of Geneva* Ahmed Ezz – member of Parliament, Egypt
Starting time: 9.30!
(19) "SOLIDAR: Women Talk! – Decent Work: Decent Life"
Organizers: SOLIDAR
Introduction:* Zita Gurmai – President, PES Women* Namrata Bali – Secretary General, SEWA28
* Zohra Khan – One World Action
Panel Moderator:Giampiero Alhadeff – Secretary General, SOLIDAR
Speakers:* Barbro Budin -IUF* Coral Pey – Director, ACCJR29
* Bernard Kuiten –
(20) "NAMA and Agriculture: What would a pro-development outcome look like?"
Organizers: Oxfam International, TWN
Moderator: Phil Bloomer – Oxfam Great Britain
Speakers:* Rajesh Aggarwal – Permanent Mission of India to WTO* Darlan Fonseca – South Centre* Martin Khor – Third World Network
(21) " The REACH debate: regulating chemicals and the WTO"
Organizers: FOE Int., Greenpeace Int., WECF31, FIELD32, EEB33, CIEL, ETUC34
Moderator: Mary Taylor – FOE/Chemical Reaction Coalition
Speakers:* Alice Palmer –FIELD* Stephen Johnson – Boots* Estefania Blount – ETUC* Vinuta Gopal – Greenpeace India
(22) "Mercantilism vs. Trade liberalization: Time for a Change of Mindset"
Organizers: The Evian Group
Moderator:Carlos Braga – Senior Advisor, World Bank
Speakers:* Herbert Oberhänsli – Head Economics And International Relations, Nestlé SA* Razeen Sally – Head, International Trade Policy Unit, LSE* Jean-Pierre Lehmann – Director, The Evian
(23) "The TRIPS Agreement Ten Years Later: The Relationship Between Trademarks and GIs"
Organizers: GMA35
Moderator:Dr. Justin Hughes – Assistant Professor, Cardozo Law School, New York University
Speakers:* Dr. Burkhart Goebel – Lovells LLP* Lynne Beresford – Deputy Commissioner for Trademark, USPTO* Clay Hough – Senior Vice President and General Council, International Dairy Foods Association
28 Self Employed Women's Association29 Alianza Chilena por un Comercio Justo y Responsable31 Women in Europe for Common Future32 Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development33 European Environment Bureau34 European Trade Union Congres35 Grocery Manufacturers of America
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* Anthony Hill – former Ambassador of Jamaica to UN, Geneva* Mohammed Khoshchehreh – member of Parliament, Islamic Republic of Iran* Jai Prakash Meenowa – member of Parliament, Mauritius * Kimmo Sasi – member of parliament, Finland; member of Parl. Assembly of Council of Europe
WTO* Nazneen Kanji- IIED30
(coffee break at 11:30)
Discussion:* Eva Kaluzynska – EC, DG Trade (Moderator)* Zohra Khan – OWA* Juan Carlos Vargas – PLADES* David Dorkenoo – TUC* Namrati Bali – SEWA
Conclusions:Rodney Bickerstaffe – Chair, SOLIDAR / IFWEA/ Global Network
Group; Professor, IMD* Duncan Green – Head of Research, Oxfam GB
30 International Institute for Environment and Development - UK
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