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TOWARDS FAIRER FOOD
AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
April 19, 2005, German Embassy to the United States,
4645 Reservoir Road NW, Washington D.C.
AGENDA
The workshop seeks to establish a broad basis of dialogue on
food and agricultural policy. It will examine developments in
the food chain, EU and US agricultural policy, and the WTO negotiations
on reforming agricultural trade. We will discuss how fairer food
and agricultural markets can be achieved.
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-10.15 Welcome and overview of the workshop
Rhoda Karpatkin, President Emeritus of Consumers Union
Phil Wall, Agricultural Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. State Department
Notis Lebessis, DG Agriculture, European Commission
Friedrich Wacker, Minister-Counselor for Consumer Affiars,
Food and Agriculture, German Embassy to the United States
10.15-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.15 Market share concentration in the
food chain and consumer interests
Moderator: Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri
Loek Boonekamp, OECD Agriculture Directorate food chain
expert
Claudio Lara, Consumers International Latin America Office
13.30-15.15 Developments in EU and US Agricultural
Policy
Moderator: Jill Johnstone, National Consumers Council
Carol Goodloe, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Notis Lebessis, DG Agriculture, European Commission
Rasmus Kjeldahl, President of BEUC, European Consumers Organisation
Daryll Ray, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.45-17.30 The WTO negotiations, agricultural
dumping and TACD's proposals for reform
Moderator: Jim Murray, BEUC
Debra Henke, U.S. Food and Agricultural Services Representative
Jean Marc Trarieux, Agricultural Attaché, EC Delegation
in Washington
Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Amadou Kanoute, Director of the Consumers International
Africa Office
Closing remarks from Jill Johnstone, National Consumers
Council and Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy
TACD is very grateful to the German Embassy for providing
the venue and refreshments, and to the Heinrich Böll Foundation
for its support for this meeting.
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