Negotiatiating Free Trade in the Hemisphere
Inter-American Inter-American
Development Bank Dialogue
Negotiating Free Trade in the Hemisphere
February 20, 2002
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
On behalf of the Inter-American Development Bank and Inter-American Dialogue, we are pleased to invite you to join us for a one-day conference on Western Hemisphere trade negotiations. The conference will be held Wednesday, February 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Attached is a preliminary agenda for the daylong session, along with a list of confirmed speakers.
The conference will start off with a discussion of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), whether it is likely to be approved and, if it is, how the content will affect negotiations with key Latin American governments. We will then review the many international trade negotiations in which the United States and nations of Latin America and the Caribbean are involved—including FTAA, ATPA, the FTAs with Chile and Central America, and the new WTO round. We will be exploring 1) the significance of these various negotiations, (2) the progress that is being made in each negotiation and the obstacles that will have to be overcome for a successful conclusion, and (3) the cross-effects of the negotiations on one another.
We very much hope that you will be able to be with us for this important conference. Please let us know if that will be possible by returning the attached form.
Reservations are required for this event.
Sincerely,
Peter Hakim Jaime Zabludovsky
Inter-American Dialogue Inter-American
Development Bank
Negotiating Free Trade in the Hemisphere
February 20, 2002
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:30 AM / Assessing Trade Promotion Authority9:30 – 11:00 AM / The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
11:00 – 12:30 PM / The WTO Round
12:30 – 1:30 PM / Lunch
2:00 – 3:00 PM / The Chile Free Trade Area
3:00 – 4:00 PM / The Central America Free Trade Area and Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)
4:00 – 5:00 PM / The Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)
5:00 – 6:00 PM / The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
RSVP to Cecilia Carro Fax: 202-822-9553 E-Mail:
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Negotiating Free Trade in the Hemisphere
February 20, 2002
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Peter Allgeier / Deputy U.S. Trade RepresentativeRubens Barbosa / Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Richard Bernal / Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Peter Hakim / Inter-American Dialogue
Jon Huenemann / FH/GPC
Gary Hufbauer / Institute for International Economics
Brenda Jacobs / U.S. International Textile Association
René Leon / Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States
Luis Alberto Moreno / Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
Sylvia Ostry / Munk Centre for International Studies
José Manuel Salazar / Organization of American States
Jeffrey Schott / Institute for International Economics
Paulo Sotero / O Estado de Sao Paulo
Paula Stern / Stern Group, Inc.
Regina Vargo / Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas
Sidney Weintraub / Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jaime Zabludovsky / Inter-American Development Bank
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