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9th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
TRANSATLANTIC CONSUMER DIALOGUE
April 5-8, 2008, Washington
Monday 7 April
Venue: Loy Henderson room, U.S. State Department, (23rd Street Entrance)
08.30 – 08.45: Registration and refreshments
09.00 – 10.30: Welcome, and Opening Session (open to media)
Consumer Issues in EU-US economic and trade relationships; focus on issues related to climate change and sustainable consumption
Moderator: Mary Bottari - Public Citizen and TACD Deputy Chair
- TACD Welcome: Jim Murray - BEUC and TACD Rotating Chair
- Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel - Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs U.S. State Department
- Ambassador John Bruton - Head of the European Commission Delegation to the U.S.A
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic - U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- TACD respondent: Rasmus Kjeldahl - Executive Director, Danish Consumer Council and President of BEUC
10.30 – 10.50 Break
10.50 – 13.00: Working Group meetings (closed
meetings, discussions non-attributable)
Information Society WG
Cross-cutting issues: Product safety and Nanotechnology
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 16.10: Working Group meetings (closed
meetings, discussions non-attributable)
Intellectual Property Working Group
Food WG
16.10 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.30: TACD's role going forward (open to media)
A look forward to how consumer issues should be tackled in the transatlantic economic partnership, with reference to the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC).
Moderator: Benedicte Federspiel - Danish Consumer Council - TACD Steering Committee
Robert Madelin - Director General DG SANCO, European Commission
Theodore Posner - Director for International Trade & Investment, National Security Council
- Rhoda Karpatkin - President Emeritus, Consumers Union - TACD Steering Committee
18.30 – 20.00: Reception Hosted by the EU Delegation and TACD
Venue: The European Commission Delegation 2300 M St., NW
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