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Dialogue on Agricultural Issues in the Context of Trade Negotiations between the European Union and Latin America, Geneva, 4 December 2007

 


Time and Venue

 

9:30 - 13:00 hours, Salle Ghandi, Maison des Associations (15, rue des Savoises)

 

Co-organizers: South Centre, the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy (IATP), ActionAid International Americas and the Social Hemispheric Alliance

 

Simultaneous translation: English / Spanish

 

Event Description

The South Centre, the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy (IATP), ActionAid International Americas and the Social Hemispheric Alliance jointly organized an informal dialogue entitled "Agricultural issues in the context of trade negotiations between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean". The purpose of this half-day event was to provide representatives from developing country delegations in Geneva, international organizations and non-governmental organizations with an opportunity to exchange information about the treatment of agricultural issues in trade negotiations between the EU, Latin America and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Links will be made also with the ongoing WTO negotiations on agriculture.

 

Speakers in this seminar include academic experts from Costa Rica and Brazil, who will present a commentary on agricultural issues of interest for MERCOSUR and Central America in these negotiations.

 

Speakers' biographies

 

Programme 

 

Presentations

 

  1. Challenges and opportunities facing developing countries in regional trade agreements by Taisuke Ito (UNCTAD)

  2. Contextualization and state of play of the EU-ACP EPA negotiations by Caterina Luciani (South Centre)

  3. The negotiating agenda on agricultural goods in EPAs by Luisa Rodriguez (South Centre)

  4. The agricultural sector in Central America: potential interests, conflicts and scenarios for a Partnership Agreement with the European Union by Andres Leon (CEPA)

  5. Relevant issues to consider in a negotiation between the European Union and MERCOSUR from the social and environmental perspective: the case of brazilian poultry and biofuels by Sergio Schelinger (FASE)

 

Background material

 

"The Central American agricultural sector in the run-up to the negotiations for the Economic Association Agreement with the European Union: potentian conflicts and scenarios". Comision de Estudios Politicos Alternativos (CEPA). October 2007.

English, Español, Resumen (sólo en español).

 

Report

 

 

 

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