A NEW TRADE POLICY FOR THE UNITED STATES: LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICA
Friday, March 27, 2009
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
5th Floor Conference Room
Critics and advocates of U.S. trade policies have disagreed over the effects of free trade agreements (FTAs), including such issues as net job losses or gains in the United States, the relative benefits accruing to companies and workers, and the impact of FTAs on labor and environmental conditions throughout Latin America. Latin American countries, meanwhile, have acquired significant experience in negotiating, ratifying, implementing, and evaluating the consequences of FTAs. This experience may provide important lessons for advancing the trade agenda and building stronger partnerships for growth.
AGENDA
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Panel 1: The Modalities and Negotiation of Free Trade Agreements: A Roundtable with Latin America’s FTA Negotiators
Costa Rica Anabel González
Colombia Javier Gamboa
Peru Pablo de la Flor
Nicaragua Mario Arana
Commentator: Stephen Lande, President, Manchester Trade, LTD
10:15-10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Panel 2: Issues for a New U.S. Trade Policy
Labor Isabel Studer, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
Poverty Paolo Giordano, Inter-American Development Bank
Environment Kevin Gallagher, GDAE and Boston University
Commentator: William Krist, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
We hope you will be able to join us for this important discussion. Please RSVP, acceptances only, to Nikki Nichols (nikki.nichols@wilsoncenter.org).