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Agricultural Competitiveness
and World Trade Liberalization:
Implications of the WTO and FTAA

Ramada Plaza Suites and Conference Center, Fargo, North Dakota
May 29-30, 2003

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28

1:00-7:00 Check-In/Registration

THURSDAY, MAY 29

7:00-8:00 Check-In/Registration

8:00-8:15 Introduction

• Won W. Koo, Director, CAPTS, North Dakota State University
  
  
• Patricia Jensen, Vice President for Agricultural Affairs, North Dakota State University
  
  
• Welcoming Remarks
  Joseph A. Chapman, President, North Dakota State University
  
  

8:15-8:45 Keynote Address

• Honorable Kent Conrad, U.S. Senator (invited)

8:45-10:30 Globalizing Agricultural Trade

Moderator: Won W. Koo, Professor and Director, CAPTS

• Liberalized Agricultural Trade: Prosperity for All?
  Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida
  
  
• Progress in the WTO Negotiations
  Tim Josling, Stanford University
  
  
• Progress in the FTAA Negotiations
  Robert J. Spitzer, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:30 Key Issues Influencing the WTO and FTAA Negotiations

Moderator: David Orden, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Give Trade A Chance
  Alan Tracy, President, U.S. Wheat Associates
  

• Developed/Developing Country Issues
  Edward Schuh, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Trade and the Environment: The State of Play
  Ford Runge, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Market Access, Internal Support, and Export Subsidies
  Lynn Kennedy, Louisiana State University
  

12:30-1:30 Luncheon

• Speaker: North Dakota Governor John Hoeven (invited)

1:30-3:30 U.S. Agricultural Trade under a Liberalized Trade Environment (I)

Moderator: David Lambert, North Dakota State University

• Overview of U.S. Agricultural Economy under a Liberalized Trade Environment
  Terry Roe, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Feedgrains/Soybeans
  Robert Young, FAPRI, University of Missouri
  
  
• Wheat: Industry Perspective
  Neal Fisher, Director, North Dakota Wheat Commission
  

• Wheat: Policies and Implications
  Won W. Koo, Professor and Director, CAPTS

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5:30 U.S. Agricultural Trade under a Liberalized Trade Environment (II)

Moderator: John VanSickle, Professor and Director, International Agricultural Trade and Development Center, University of Florida

• Market Access Issues in the Processed Food and Beverage Trade
  John Wainio, ERS/USDA
  
  
• Sugar: Policies and Implications
  David Orden, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

• Sugar: Industry Perspective
  Dave Berg, Vice President, American Crystal Sugar
  
  
• Livestock
  Richard Fritz, Vice President for Trade Development, U.S. Meat Export Federation
  

6:30-8:30 Dinner

Moderator: Robert Carlson, North Dakota Farmers Union

• Speaker: John Johnson, CEO, CENEX Harvest State Cooperatives

FRIDAY, MAY 30

8:30-10:30 The WTO and FTAA Negotiations: Country Perspectives

Moderator: Won W. Koo, North Dakota State University

• "Our Skates Are Sharp, But Will the Zamboni Do a Good Job?":  A Canadian Perspective of Ag Trade Negotiations
  Rory McAlpine, Director General (International Trade Policy Directorate), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  

• Opening of China's Trade and Impact on Factor Returns
  Colin Carter, University of California, Davis
  
  
• WTO and FTAA Negotiations: A European Union Perspective
  David Blandford, Pennsylvania State University
  
  
• United States
  Demcey Johnson, ERS/USDA
  

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:30 Other Issues

Moderator: Won W. Koo, Professor and Director, CAPTS

• Exchange Rate Effects - A General View
  Ian Sheldon, Ohio State University
  
  
• Exchange Rate Effects in Asian Markets and U.S. - Canada Trade
  Mina Kim and Hyun Jin, North Dakota State University
  
  
• State Trading Enterprises
  Linda Young, Montana State University
  
  
• Consumer Resistance Toward GM Wheat
  Richard D. Taylor, North Dakota State University

12:30-1:30 Luncheon

1:30-3:00 How to Enhance Agricultural Exports

Moderator: Ryan Kanne, U.S. Department of Commerce

• Financing
  
  
• Marketing
  
  
• Other Export Strategies

3:00 Adjourn