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Tuesday 25 May
07:30 ?09:30 |
Badge Collection |
Room CR (Council Room) |
09.30 - 12.30 | Plenary opening session |
Chairperson: Dr. Supachai
Panitchpakdi ?WTO Director-General > Opening
statement Speakers:
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12.30 ?15.00 |
Break |
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(1) 揟rade in Agriculture?br> > Workshop details |
Room CR |
Organizers: WTO Moderator: Larry Elliot ?Guardian, Economic Editor Speakers:
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14.00 ?17.00 |
(2) 揂 Fair Globalization?br> > Workshop details |
Room W |
Organizers: Global Unions |
14.00 ?15.45 |
揚olicy Coherence ?The report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation?/b> |
Room W |
Moderator: Giampiero Alhadeff ?Solidar Speakers:
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15.45 ?17.00 |
揚olicy Coherence Initiatives: Growth, Trade and Employment?/b> |
Room W |
Moderator: Mike Waghorne ?Public
Services International Speakers: |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(3) 揅apacity Building ?Innovative Ideas for Humane and Sustainable Development?/b> |
Room D |
Organizers: HSUS (8)
Moderator: Mary Estelle Ryckman ? Assistant USTR for Trade Capacity Building Speakers:
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14.00 - 18.00 |
(4) 揥hat is Africa's role in the Multilateral Trading System?br> > Workshop details |
Room F |
Organizer: ICTSD (4), AITIC
(5)
Opening: Beatrice Chaytor ?ICTSD Governing Board Member Roundtable I 揂frica and the Trading System: Between Multilateralism, Bilateralism and Regionalism?p> Speakers:
Roundtable II 揂frica in the Trading System: Facilitating Strategic Integration?/p> Speakers:
Roundtable III 揃uilding Trade Policy Capacity in Africa?/p> Speakers:
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18.00 - 20.00 |
Reception for all participants in the lobby of the council room |
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Wednesday, 26 May
10.00 - 13.00 |
(5) 揥TO Agricultural Negotiations: Addressing farmers' needs?br>
> Workshop details |
Room CR I |
Organizers: International Farmers'
Coalition for Fair and Equitable Agricultural Trade Rules at the
WTO
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(6) 揜egional Trade Agreements: Challenges and Opportunities?/b> |
Room CR II |
Organizers: WTO
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(7) 揝outh ?South Co-operation?br>
> Workshop details |
Room W |
Organizers: CUTS ?CITEE (9)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(8) 揈nvironmental Requirements and Market Access: An update on policy and practice ?inside and outside the WTO?br> > Workshop details |
Room D |
Organizers: UNCTAD, STIC (10),
IISD (11)
揋aps in the Policy Framework?/b>
Summary
|
10.00 - 13.00 |
(9) 揇oes the WTO still enjoy priority??br> > Workshop details |
Room E |
10.00 - 13.00 |
(10) 揈nvironmental Goods and Services: Towards a Meaningful Outcome for Sustainable Development?br> > Workshop details |
Room A |
Organizers: ICTSD
揝ome Tools for a meaningful Sustainable Development Outcome?/b>
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13.00 ?15.00 |
Break |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(11) 揇evelopment Perspectives of the WTO's post-Cancun Agenda?/b> |
Room CR I |
Organizers: TWN (15)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(12) 揇eveloping countries in a changing trading system ?issues and challenges?/b> |
Room CR II |
Organizers: WTO
|
15.00 - 18.00 |
(13) 揂gricultural negotiations: Formula for Market Access, Special Products and a Special Safeguard Mechanism?/b> |
Room W |
Organizers: CIDSE (16), Oxfam International
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(14) 揟rade and Biodiversity ?The Need to Find Common Ground?br> > Workshop details |
Room D |
Organizers: IUCN (17), CESP-GEETI
(18), CIEL
(19), RIIA
(20), ICTSD,
UNEP, Precautionary Principle Project
揑nvasive Alien Species?/span>
揂ccess and Benefit Sharing?/span>
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(15) 揅SR and the WTO: Towards a Fairer Globalization or 'Misguided Virtue'??br> > Workshop details |
Room E |
Organizers: Geneva Social
Observatory
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(16) 揗ultilateral Competition Framework: Where and how??br>
> Workshop details |
Room A |
Organizers: CUTS ?CCIER (21)
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Thursday, 27 May
10.00 - 13.00 |
(17) 揟he future of multilateralism?/b> |
Room CR I |
Organizers: WTO Moderator: Herbert Oberh鋘sli, Nestl?SA > Paper |
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Webcasting: | ||
Introduction: Herbert Oberh鋘sli Speaker: Johan Norberg ?author of 揑n Defence of Global Capitalism?/td> | ||
(26 minutes) | ||
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High High |
Low Low |
Questions and Answers | (22 minutes) | |
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High High |
Low Low |
Speaker: Brian Hocking ? Professor of International Relations, Coventry University, UK | ||
(18 minutes) | ||
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High High |
Low Low |
Questions and Answers | (74 minutes) | |
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High |
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9.30 - 11.00 |
(18) 揟rade, Tourism and progressive poverty alleviation?/b> |
Room CR II |
Organizers: World Tourism
Organization
|
11.00 ?13.00 |
(19) 揊reer Trade: What does it mean for developing countries??nbsp; > Workshop details |
Room CR II |
Organizers: OECD (28)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(20) 揌ow to improve the functioning of the WTO in the short and in the longer term??/b> |
Room W |
Organizers: European Commission,
BDI |
10.00 - 13.00 |
(21) 揕ocalisation within Globalisation: Better Protecting
Geographical Indications to favour Sustainable Development?br>
> Programme > Opening remarks
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Room D |
Organizers: ORIGIN (22)
揟he case for better GI protection in
the DDA framework?/b>
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(22) 揂gricultural Subsidies: What are we actually talking about??br> > Workshop details |
Room E |
Organizers: IATP (23),
ROPPA (24),
Coordination SUD, CSA (25),
IUF (26)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(23) 揟he IMF's role in supporting the Doha Development Agenda?/b> |
Room A |
Organizers: IMF (27)
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13.00 ?15.00 |
Break |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(24) 揅hallenging the Market Access Agenda, Ineffective S&D and the Flawed Accession Process?/b> |
Room CR I |
Organizers: Focus on the Global
South
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(25) 揟he impact of women in small, medium and micro enterprises on increasing trade under the WTO Agreements?br> > Workshop details |
Room CR II |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(26) 揟he GMO dispute ?rules, risks and reality?/b> |
Room W |
Organizers: FOE International (32)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(27) 揟rade, Technology and Development?/b> |
Room D |
Organizers: International Policy
Network (IPN)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(28) 揈nvironment and Governance ?what role for the WTO??br> > Workshop details |
Room E |
Organizers: European Commission
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(29) 揌ow to apply Green Box payments for higher animal welfare standards in a non-trade distortive manner: Some international case studies?/b> |
Room A |
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Notes:
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International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. back to text
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Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD. back to text
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International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation.
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4.
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development.
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5.
Agency for International Trade, Information and Cooperation.
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6.
International Trade Centre. back to text
7.
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis.
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8.
Humane Society of the US. back to text
9.
CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment.
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10.
Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre. back to text
11.
International Institute for Sustainable Development. back to text
12.
Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and
Industrial Quality. back to text
13.
Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe.
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14.
Federation of German Industries. back to text
15.
Third World Network.
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16.
International pour le D関eloppement et la
Solidarit? back to text
17.
World Conservation Union.
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18.
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
?Working
Group on Environment, Trade and Investment.
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19.
Center for International Environmental Law.
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20.
Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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21.
CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation.
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Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network.
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23.
Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy. back to text
24.
West African Farmers Organization. back to text
25.
Collectif Strategie Alimentaire. back to text
26.
International Union of Food workers. back to text
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International Monetary Fund. back to text
28.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Commonwealth Business Council. back to text
30.
Geneva Women in International Trade. back to text
31.
Organization of Women in International Trade. back to text
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Friends of the Earth International. back to text
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World Society for the Protection of Animals. back to text
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Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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