2003 Annual Meeting Agenda - Marketing and International Trade committee

AGENDA

MARKETING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY COMMITTEE
Charles Bronson, Chairman
Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
2003 Annual Meeting – Boise, Idaho
Sunday, September 21, 2003
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

I. Roll Call, Introductions and Overview of Agenda

  • Commissioner Bronson

II. Update from Marketing and Regulatory Programs

  • Bill Hawks, Under Secretary

III. Update on Country of Origin Labeling

  • Bill Sessions, Associate Deputy Administrator
  • Livestock and Seed Division, Agricultural Marketing Service

Questions & Answers

IV. Update from the Foreign Agricultural Service
Including an update on the WTO negotiations and the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Program for Farmers

  • Pat Sheikh, Deputy Administrator, International Trade Policy

Questions & Answers

V. Update from APHIS on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues

VI. Status of the EU Moratorium on Agricultural Biotech Products

  • Charlotte Hebebrand, Special Advisor for Agriculture, Fisheries,
  • Food Safety and Consumer Affairs, European Union

Questions & Answers

VII. Report on Cooperative Agreement between National Conference of State Legislatures and Foreign Agricultural Service

  • Robert Tse, Office of Outreach, Foreign Agricultural Service

VIII. Update on Specialty Crops Task Force

  • California Deputy Secretary Elaine Trevino

IX. Report on Tri-National Agricultural Accord

  • Montana Director Ralph Peck
    Co-Chair, U.S./Canada Working Group
  • Texas Commissioner Susan Combs
    Co-Chair, U.S./Mexico Working Group

X. Consideration of Policy Amendments, Priorities for NASDA, Other Business


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