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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 — °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Director-General > Opening
statement Speakers:
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12.30 – 15.00 |
Break |
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(1) “Trade in Agriculture” |
Room CR |
Organizers: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Moderator: Larry Elliot — Guardian, Economic Editor Speakers:
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14.00 – 17.00 |
(2) “A Fair Globalization” |
Room W |
Organizers: Global Unions |
14.00 – 15.45 |
“Policy Coherence — The report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation” |
Room W |
Moderator: Giampiero Alhadeff — Solidar Speakers:
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15.45 – 17.00 |
“Policy Coherence Initiatives: Growth, Trade and Employment” |
Room W |
Moderator: Mike Waghorne — Public
Services International Speakers: |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(3) “Capacity Building — Innovative Ideas for Humane and Sustainable Development” |
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) “What is Africa's role in the Multilateral Trading System” |
Room F |
Organizer: ICTSD (4), AITIC
(5)
Opening: Beatrice Chaytor — ICTSD Governing Board Member Roundtable I “Africa and the Trading System: Between Multilateralism, Bilateralism and Regionalism” Speakers:
Roundtable II “Africa in the Trading System: Facilitating Strategic Integration” Speakers:
Roundtable III “Building Trade Policy Capacity in Africa” 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) “°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agricultural Negotiations: Addressing farmers' needs” |
Room CR I |
Organizers: International Farmers'
Coalition for Fair and Equitable Agricultural Trade Rules at the
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(6) “Regional Trade Agreements: Challenges and Opportunities” |
Room CR II |
Organizers: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(7) “South — South Co-operation” |
Room W |
Organizers: CUTS — CITEE (9)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(8) “Environmental Requirements and Market Access: An update on
policy and practice — inside and outside the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ” |
Room D |
Organizers: UNCTAD, STIC (10),
IISD (11)
“Gaps in the Policy Framework”
Summary
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(9) “Does the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ still enjoy priority?” |
Room E |
10.00 - 13.00 |
(10) “Environmental Goods and Services: Towards a Meaningful
Outcome for Sustainable Development” |
Room A |
Organizers: ICTSD
“Some Tools for a meaningful Sustainable Development Outcome”
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13.00 – 15.00 |
Break |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(11) “Development Perspectives of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ's post-Cancun Agenda” |
Room CR I |
Organizers: TWN (15)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(12) “Developing countries in a changing trading system — issues and challenges” |
Room CR II |
Organizers: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(13) “Agricultural negotiations: Formula for Market Access, Special Products and a Special Safeguard Mechanism” |
Room W |
Organizers: CIDSE (16), Oxfam International
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(14) “Trade and Biodiversity — The Need to Find Common Ground” |
Room D |
Organizers: IUCN (17), CESP-GEETI
(18), CIEL
(19), RIIA
(20), ICTSD,
UNEP, Precautionary Principle Project
“Invasive Alien Species”
“Access and Benefit Sharing”
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(15) “CSR and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ: Towards a Fairer Globalization or
'Misguided Virtue'?” |
Room E |
Organizers: Geneva Social
Observatory
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(16) “Multilateral Competition Framework: Where and how?” |
Room A |
Organizers: CUTS — CCIER (21)
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Thursday, 27 May
10.00 - 13.00 |
(17) “The future of multilateralism” |
Room CR I |
Organizers: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Moderator: Herbert Oberhänsli, Nestlé SA > Paper |
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Introduction: Herbert Oberhänsli Speaker: Johan Norberg — author of “In Defence of Global Capitalism” |
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(26 minutes) | ||
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Questions and Answers | (22 minutes) | |
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Speaker: Brian Hocking — Professor of International Relations, Coventry University, UK | ||
(18 minutes) | ||
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High |
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Questions and Answers | (74 minutes) | |
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9.30 - 11.00 |
(18) “Trade, Tourism and progressive poverty alleviation” |
Room CR II |
Organizers: World Tourism
Organization
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11.00 – 13.00 |
(19) “Freer Trade: What does it mean for developing countries?” > Workshop details |
Room CR II |
Organizers: OECD (28)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(20) “How to improve the functioning of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ in the short and in the longer term?” |
Room W |
Organizers: European Commission,
BDI |
10.00 - 13.00 |
(21) “Localisation within Globalisation: Better Protecting
Geographical Indications to favour Sustainable Development” |
Room D |
Organizers: ORIGIN (22)
“The case for better GI protection in
the DDA framework”
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(22) “Agricultural Subsidies: What are we actually talking
about?” |
Room E |
Organizers: IATP (23),
ROPPA (24),
Coordination SUD, CSA (25),
IUF (26)
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10.00 - 13.00 |
(23) “The IMF's role in supporting the Doha Development Agenda” |
Room A |
Organizers: IMF (27)
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13.00 – 15.00 |
Break |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(24) “Challenging the Market Access Agenda, Ineffective S&D and the Flawed Accession Process” |
Room CR I |
Organizers: Focus on the Global
South
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(25) “The impact of women in small, medium and micro enterprises
on increasing trade under the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Agreements” |
Room CR II |
15.00 - 18.00 |
(26) “The GMO dispute — rules, risks and reality” |
Room W |
Organizers: FOE International (32)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(27) “Trade, Technology and Development” |
Room D |
Organizers: International Policy
Network (IPN)
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(28) “Environment and Governance — what role for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ?” |
Room E |
Organizers: European Commission
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15.00 - 18.00 |
(29) “How to apply Green Box payments for higher animal welfare standards in a non-trade distortive manner: Some international case studies” |
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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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development.
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Agency for International Trade, Information and Cooperation.
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International Trade Centre. back to text
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Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis.
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Humane Society of the US. back to text
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CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment.
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Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre. back to text
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International Institute for Sustainable Development. back to text
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Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and
Industrial Quality. back to text
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Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe.
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Federation of German Industries. back to text
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Third World Network.
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International pour le Développement et la
Solidarité. back to text
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World Conservation Union.
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IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
— Working
Group on Environment, Trade and Investment.
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Center for International Environmental Law.
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Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation.
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Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network.
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Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy. back to text
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West African Farmers Organization. back to text
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Collectif Strategie Alimentaire. back to text
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International Union of Food workers. back to text
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International Monetary Fund. back to text
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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Commonwealth Business Council. back to text
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Geneva Women in International Trade. back to text
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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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