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Strategic
Dialogue on Commodities, Trade,
Poverty and Sustainable Development.
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Organised
by ICTSD and IIED
Barcelona, Spain,
13-15 June 2005
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Description
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Documentation
Programme
13
June 2005
9h30
Welcome
09h45
- 13h00 Introduction and Setting the Scene
| Speakers: |
Camilla Toulmin,
IIED, UK |
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Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz,
ICTSD, Colombia |
| Discussants: |
Samuel Asfaha,
South Centre, Switzerland |
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Sophia Murphy,
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Australia |
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Anil Sharma,
National Council of Applied Economic Research, India |
14h00
– 17h00: Session 1: What can be achieved in the Doha Round of trade
negotiations?
| Resource Person: |
Akhtar Mahmood, Consultant, Pakistan |
| Discussants: |
Harmon Thomas,
Food and Agriculture Organization, Italy |
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Ann Tutwiler,
International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, USA |
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Ajay Vashee,
Southern African Confederation Of Agriculture Unions, Zambia |
This
session explored how WTO negotiations might address oversupply and long
term price declines in commodity markets by removing trade distortions
and barriers. In particular, it reviewed relevant provisions in the
WTO July framework such those dealing with dumping, food aid, tropical
products, special products, special safeguard mechanisms, and the erosion
of preferences.
14
June 2005
9h00
– 13h00:
Session 2: Revisiting Supply Management Mechanisms
| Resource Person:
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Peter Robbins, Commodity Market Information Service,
UK |
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Discussants: |
Mehmet Arda,
UNCTAD, Switzerland |
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Daniel de la
Torre Ugarte, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of
Tennessee, USA |
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Roman Grynberg,
Commonwealth Secretariat, UK |
This session addressed issues related to
the long term price declines and volatility of commodities. It explored
lessons learned from ICAs and national experiences as well as option
for re-introducing elements of supply management both at the national
and international level.
14h00
– 17h00: Session 3: Diversification and incentives for sustainable
production of commodities
| Resource Persons:
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Jason Clay,
WWF-US, USA |
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Jonathan Cook,
WWF MPO, USA |
| Discussants: |
Debapriya Bhattacharaya,
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh |
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Fernando Frydman,
Roundtable on Sustainable Soy, Argentina |
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Paul Wagubi,
Independent Consulting Group, Uganda |
This
session addressed specific finance or trade mechanisms to promote trade
in commodities which have been produced more sustainably, such as preferential
finance mechanisms, and preferential market access conditions such as
GSP schemes.
15
June 2005
9h00
– 11h30: Session 4: Competition, corporate accountability and the
role of producers and workers organisations
| Resource Person:
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Bill Vorley, IIED, UK |
| Discussants: |
John Kurien,
Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India |
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John Kurien,
Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India |
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Marcio Castro
de Souza, Special Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fisheries, Brazil |
This
session addressed issues related to growing corporate concentration
in commodity markets and the impact of imbalances of market power against
primary producers.
11h30 – 1300: Group Presentations and Discussions
14h00-
16h00: Next Steps
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