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June 23, 2003

Plenary Session I
Opening Session

Minnesota Distinguished Trade Policy Presentation:
Agricultural Development, Food Security, and Trade: the Challenges Ahead
Per Pinstrup-Andersen (Cornell University, USA & The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Domestic Farm Policies and the WTO Negotiations on Domestic Support
Tim Josling (Stanford University, USA)

WTO Negotiations on Market Access: What We Know, What We Don't and What We Should
Jean-Christophe Bureau (Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, France) and Luca Salvatici (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)

Export Competition Issues in the Doha Round
Philip Abbott (Purdue University, USA) and Linda M. Young (Montana State University, Bozeman, USA)

(Documentation: WTO, Negotiations on Agriculture. First Draft of Modalities (Rev. 1), March 18, 2003, TN/AG/W/1/Rev. 1)

Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 10 Years After the Uruguay Round: How Much Progress?
Stefan Tangermann (OECD)

The Unlikely Coalition: Agriculture and Agricultural Policies of the Cairns Group, Ten Years after the Uruguay Round
Mike Gifford (Trade Policy Consultant, Canada)

Between Transition, WTO, and EU Accession: Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in Formerly Centrally Planned Countries
Johan F. M. Swinnen (Catholic University Leuven & Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium)

Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in China and India, 1995-2005
Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Food Security and Agriculture in the Low Income Food Deficit Countries: 10 Years After the Uruguay Round
Prabhu Pingali (FAO) and Randy Stringer (FAO)

Parallel Sessions Ia

A Forward Looking Analysis of the Doha Round: Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services
Joseph Francois (Timbergen Institute, The Netherlands, and CEPR), Hans van Meijl (LEI, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands) and Frank van Tongeren (LEI, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands)

The Phasing Out of EU Agricultural Export Subsidies: Impacts of Two Management Schemes
Alexandre Gohin (INRA ESR, Rennes, France) and Patrice Gautier (INRA ESR, Rennes, France)

Is the Devil in the Details? Assessing the Welfare Implications of Agricultural Trade Reforms
Will Martin (World Bank), Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (World Bank) and Vlad Manole (World Bank)

The Impact of the WTO Negotiating Modalities in the Areas of Domestic Support, Market Access and Export Competition on Developing Countries: Results from ATPSM
Daneswar Poonyth (FAO) and Ramesh Sharma (FAO)

New Challenges for the European Agriculture: Modelling Agricultural Reform under the New WTO Proposals
Christine Wieck (Bonn University, Germany), Ignacio Perez Dominguez (Bonn University, Germany) and Wolfgang Britz (Bonn University, Germany)

Parallel Sessions Ib

State Trading Enterprises, Marketing Orders, and Trade Related Distortions in Downstream Product Markets When Quality Matters: An Example from Agriculture
Colin A. Carter (University of California, Davis, USA), Stéphan Marette (INRA-INAPG, France) and Vincent H. Smith (Montana State University, USA)

Trade Distortions When the Government Supports the Exporter: A Comparison Between a State Trading Enterprise and a Private Trader
Margherita Scoppola (INEA, Italy)

The Impact of Reforming Wheat Importing State-Trading Enterprises on the Quality of Wheat Imported
Nathalie Lavoie (University of Massachusetts, USA)

Estimating Milk Supply Response Under Quota Trade: The Simulation of Quota Removal in Italy
Paolo Sckokai (Catholic University, Piacenza, Italy)

Is EU Able To Remove Easily Her Export Subsidies? The Case of EU Dairy Policy
Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache (University of Toulouse, INRA, France) and Vincent Réquillart (University of Toulouse, INRA, IDEI, France)

Parallel Sessions Ic

Should Genetically Modified Food Labeling Policies Be Harmonized?
Guillaume Gruére (University of California, Davis, USA) and Colin A. Carter (University of California, Davis, USA)

Impact Assessment of the New European Novel Food and Feed Regulation on the EU Market and its Main Trading Partners
Bruno Henry de Frahan (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) and Christian Tritten (Facultés Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium)

StarLink Contamination and Impact on Corn Prices
Colin A. Carter (University of California, Davis, USA) and Aaron Smith (University of California, Davis, USA)

The Hedonic Price of Fair-Trade Coffee for the Italian Consumer
Ornella Wanda Maietta (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)

Quality and International Trade: What Strategies for EU AOC System
Stéphan Marette (INRA-INAPG, France) and Angelo Zago (University of Verona, Italy)

Parallel Sessions Id

Agri-Environment Programs and the Future of the WTO
Kathy Baylis (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Gordon Rausser (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and Leo Simon (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Some Domestic Environmental Effects of U.S. Agricultural Adjustments under Liberalized Trade. A Preliminary Analysis
Joseph C. Cooper (Economic Research Service, USDA), Robert Johansson (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Mark Peters (Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA)

The Greening of the WTO Green Box: A Quantitative Appraisal of Agri-Environmental Policies in OECD Countries
Dimitris Diakosavvas (OECD)

Designing Green Payment Programs to Protect Environmental Amenities
Rachael E. Goodhue (University of California, Davis, USA), Guillaume Gruere (University of California, Davis, USA) and Karen Klonsky (University of California, Davis, USA)

How Well Do Green Payments Fit into the Green Box? Lessons from EQIP
Karen Klonsky (University of California, Davis, USA) and Florence Jacquet (Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen, Montpellier, France)

Parallel Sessions Ie

New Members of the WTO: Their Commitments in Agriculture and Provisions Proposed in the Doha Negotiations
Lars Brink (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

China's Rural Food Security and WTO Accession: An Empirical Analysis of Border Liberalization on Selected Rural Households
Min Chang (University of California, Davis, USA) and Daniel A. Sumner (University of California, Davis, USA)

China's TRQ Administration After One Year: Crossing the River by Feeling for Stones
Bryan Lohmar (Economic Research Service, USDA) and David Skully (Economic Research Service, USDA)

Korean Agriculture after the Uruguay Round and World Agricultural Policy Reform
Yong-Kee Lee (Yeungnam University, Korea) and Hanho Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)

Implications of EU Accession for Trade Regimes and Trade Flows of CEECs
Natalija Kazlauskiene (Ministry of Finance, Lithuania) and William H. Meyers (Iowa State University, USA)

Food Fight: Antidumping Activity in Agricultural Goods
Bruce A. Blonigen (University of Oregon, USA)

Economic Analysis in Disputes over Trade Remedy and Related Measures in Agriculture, with Examples from Recent Cases
Daniel Sumner (University of California, Davis, USA), Richard C. Barichello (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Mechel S. Paggi (California State University, Fresno, USA)

Special and Differential Treatment in Agricultural Negotiations
Anwarul Hoda (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) and Ashok Gulati (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Food Safety and Quality: Regulations, Trade, and the WTO
Laurian Unnevehr (University of Illinois, USA) and Donna Roberts (Economic Research Service, USDA)

Parallel Sessions IIa

Implications of the Eastern Europe Accession. What's ahead - Business as Usual or the Mid Term Review?
Hans G. Jensen (Danish Research Institute of Food Economics) and Søren E. Frandsen (Danish Research Institute of Food Economics)

EU Enlargement: Implications for the New Member Countries, the Enlarged EU, and World Trade
Nancy J. Cochrane (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Ralph Seeley (Economic Research Service, USDA)

The Fischler's Proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy: Paving the Way for the Future?
Hervé Guyomard (INRA ESR, France) and Katell Le Bris (INRA ESR, France)

The Current Process of Cap Reform. Implications for Wto Negotiations
Michel Petit (Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon & Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen, Montpellier, France)

The CAP Reform in the Mid-Term-Review: To Decouple or Not To Decouple?
Piero Conforti (INEA, Italy), Fabrizio De Filippis (University "Roma Tre", Italy) and Luca Salvatici (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)

Parallel Sessions IIb

Measuring the Impact of Distortions in Agricultural Trade in Partial and General Equilibrium
Stephen Tokarick (IMF)

The PSE: Is It Reflecting, or Distorting, the Trade Impact of Agricultural Policies?
Tassos Haniotis (European Commission) and Pierre Bascou (European Commission)

An Ex Post Assessment of WTO Limits on AMS: Is Trade Less Distorted?
Chad E. Hart (Iowa State University, USA) and Bruce A. Babcock (Iowa State University, USA)

Doha Proposal for Domestic Support: Assessing the Priorities
Allan N. Rae (Massey University, New Zealand) and Anna Strutt (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

Designing Optimal Policies To Achieve Domestic Policy Objectives
Jesús Antón (OECD) and Carmel Cahill (OECD)

Parallel Sessions IIc

A National PMP Model for Policy Evaluation in Agriculture Using Micro Data and Administrative Information
Filippo Arfini (University of Parma, Italy), Michele Donati (University of Parma, Italy) and Quirino Paris (University of California, Davis, USA)

Microsimulation of the Distributional Impact of Reformed Farm Support
Martina Menon (University of Verona, Italy), Federico Perali (University of Verona, Italy) and Cristina Salvioni (University "G. d'Annunzio", Pescara, Italy)

Implications of "Decoupled" Payments for Farm and Off-Farm Labor Allocation
Hisham El-Osta (Economic Research Service, USDA), Mary Clare Ahearn (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Ashok Mishra (Economic Research Service, USDA)

Distributional Effects of U.S. Farm Commodity Programs: Accounting for Farm and Non-Farm Households
Kenneth A. Hanson (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Agapi Somwaru (Economic Research Service, USDA)

The Impact of Fiscal Policies at the Micro Level Using a Collective Farm Household General Equilibrium Model
Riccardo Magnani (University of Verona, Italy), Federico Perali (University of Verona, Italy), Paolo Polinori (University of Verona, Italy) and Cristina Salvioni (University "G. d'Annunzio", Pescara, Italy)

Parallel Sessions IId

Tariff Rate Quotas: Does Administration Matter?
Christina Mönnich (ZEU, Giessen, Germany)

"Rent Dissipation" versus "Consumer Rent Appropriation" with First-Come First-Served Import Quotas in Agriculture
Nancy Chau (Cornell University, USA), Harry de Gorter (Cornell University, USA) and Jana Hranaiova (University of New Mexico, USA)

Does the US Need the Groundnut Tariff Rate Quota Under the 2002 US Farm Act?
Stanley M. Fletcher (University of Georgia, Griffin, USA) and Cesar L. Revoredo (University of Georgia, Griffin, USA)

The Economics of Administering Import Quotas with Licenses-on-Demand in Agriculture
Harry de Gorter (Cornell University, USA), James Falk (George Washington University, USA) and Jana Hranaiova (University of New Mexico, USA)

Standards and Formation of Less-Than-Global Agreements
Monika Tothova (Michigan State University, USA) and James F. Oemke (Michigan State University, USA)

Parallel Sessions IIe

The Effective Rate of Protection of European Agrifood Sector
Alessandro Antimiani (INEA & "Roma Tre" University, Italy), Piero Conforti (INEA, Italy) and Luca Salvatici (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)

The Competitiveness of Agricultural Products in World Trade and the Role of the European Union
Maria Sassi (University of Pavia, Italy)

Agricultural Productivity: Possible Implications for Enlargement and WTO Negotiations
David R. Kelch (Economic Research Service, USDA)

The Implications of Multifunctionality on World Commodity Markets: A Preliminary Examination
Mollie Woods (Michigan State University, USA) and Lorie Srivastava (Parliamentary Research Branch, Canada)

Explaining Multifunctionality in Trade Negotiations: Valuing Non-Traded Commodities
Suzanne Thornsbury (Michigan State University, USA), Charles B. Moss (University of Florida, USA) and Andrew Schmitz (University of Florida , USA)

Parallel Sessions IIIb

Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection and Investments in the Development and Food Security Boxes
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla (IFPRI), Xinshen Diao (IFPRI) and Sherman Robinson (IFPRI)

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Incomplete Trade Liberatization and Developing Countries
Ian Goldin (World Bank), Odin K. Knudsen (World Bank), and Dominique Van der Mensbrugghe (World Bank)

Special and Differential Treatment Proposals in the WTO Agricultural Negotiations
Alan Matthews (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Special Safeguards for Developing Country Agriculture in WTO Negotiations
Alberto Valdés (Indipendent consultant, Chile) and William Foster (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile)

The Significance of Nonreciprocal Trade Preferences for Developing Countries
John Wainio (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Paul Gibson (Economic Research Service, USDA)

Parallel Sessions IIIc

Risk Management and Direct Payment Programs: Implications for Agricultural Trade Policy
Vincent H. Smith (Montana State University, USA), Barry K. Goodwin (Ohio State University, USA) and Joseph W. Glauber (USDA)

Design and Use of Weather Derivatives in Agricultural Policies: the Case of Rainfall Index Insurance in Morocco
Andrea Stoppa (PROCOM, Italy) and Ulrich Hess (World Bank)

Estimating the Pass-Through of Agricultural Policy Reforms: an Application to Russian Crop Markets, with Possible Extensions
Jonathan Brooks (OECD) and Olga Melyukhina (OECD)

Brazil's Floating Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness in the World Soybean Market
Luciano Sampaio (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil), Ecio de Farias Costa (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil) and Lewell Gunter (University of Georgia, USA)

Does Liberalization Reduce Instability? A Look at the Interests of Exporting Developing Countries
Francesco Aiello (University of Calabria, Italy)

Parallel Sessions IIId

Comparison of MFN Tariff Profiles among Selected WTO Countries. Does a Methodological Jungle Allow for Wild Results?
Marina Mastrostefano (European Commission & University of Cassino, Italy)

Tariff Escalation, Tariff Peaks and Market Access for Developing Countries: the Case of Switzerland
Isabelle Schluep Campo (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Openness in Trade and Implications for Demand Analysis of Fresh Fruits
Carlos Arnade (Economic Research Service, USDA), Daniel Pick (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Mark Gehlhar (Economic Research Service, USDA)

The Reduction of Tariffs under the "Linear" and "Swiss Formula" in the New WTO Round: Impacts on the EU Sugar Regime
Ellen Huan-Niemi (MTT, Finland)

Examining the Latin American Peanut Industry: A Multi-Country Econometric Trade Model
Dae-Seob Lee (Louisiana State University, USA), P. Lynn Kennedy (Louisiana State University, USA) and Stanley M. Fletcher (The University of Georgia, Griffin, USA)

Parallel Sessions IIIe

The Dynamics of Agri-Food Trade Patterns. The Accession Countries' Case
Imre Fertö (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Lionel J. Hubbard (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

Economic Aspects of the Poland - EU Integration: an Assessment of Costs and Benefits in Relation to Agribusiness
Eulalia Skawiñska (Poznañ Technical University, Poland) and Romuald I. Zalewski (Poznañ University of Economics, Poland)

Russia in World Agricultural Markets: Are Major Changes in Progress?
William Liefert (Economic Research Service, USDA), Olga Liefert (Economic Research Service, USDA), Stefan Osborne (Economic Research Service, USDA), Eugenia Serova (Russian Institute for Economy in Transition) and Ralph Seeley (Economic Research Service, USDA)

Market Imperfections and Agricultural Policy Impacts in the New EU Member States
Pavel Ciaian (Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium) and Johan F.M. Swinnen (Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium)

Trade Policy Adjustments in Kazakhstan: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Saule Kazybayeva (Consultant) and Aysen Tanyeri-Abur (FAO)

Regionalism: Old and New, Theory and Practice
Mary Burfisher (Economic Research Service, USDA), Sherman Robinson (IFPRI), and Karen Thierfelder (US Naval Academy)

National Regulatory Systems and WTO Rules
Paolo Guerrieri (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy & College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium)

Intellectual Property Rights and the World Trade Organization: Retrospect and Prospects
Gian Carlo Moschini (Iowa State University, USA)

Globalization: the Economic and Social Sustainability of Markets and Production Systems. The Classic Example of Agriculture
Bruno Amoroso (Roskilde University, Denmark)

Parallel Sessions IVa

Implementing Multifunctionality
Maury Bredhal (University of Missouri, USA), John G. Lee (Purdue University, USA) and Philip L. Paarlberg (Purdue University, USA)

Multifunctionality, Taxing for Rural Amenities, and Non-Competitive Markets: Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods in Political Economy Models
Ernst-August Nuppenau (University of Giessen, Germany)

Policy Measures to Enhance a Multifunctional Agriculture: Applications to the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
Sjur Spildo Prestegard (Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute)

Non-trade Concerns in WTO Trade Negotiations: Legal and Legitimate Reasons for Revising the "Box" System?
James R. Simpson (Ryukoku University, Japan & University of Florida, USA) and Thomas J. Schoenbaum (International Christian University, Japan & University of Georgia, USA)

The Rural Development Policies in the EU: the Main Progresses after Agenda 2000 and the Challenges Ahead
Francesco Mantino (INEA, Italy)

Parallel Sessions IVb

Preferential Agreements - Tariff Escalation. What Are the Consequences of Multilateral Negotiations for the Access of Developing Countries to the European Market?
Emmanuelle Chevassus-Lozza (INRA UMR, France) and Jacques Gallezot (INRA UMR, France)

Has AGOA Increased Agricultural Exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States?
Kofi Nouve (Michigan State University, USA) and John Staatz (Michigan State University, USA)

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Does it Really Present Opportunities?
Shahla Shapouri (Economic Research Service, USDA) and Michael Trueblood (Economic Research Service, USDA)

European Market for ASEAN Agricultural Exports: An Econometric Model for Forecasting Trade Flows
Jyrki Niemi (MTT, Finland)

Trade in Apparel to the U.S. under the Caribbean Basin Initiative: A Dynamic Investment Approach
Anatoliy Skripnitchenko (North Dakota State University, USA) and Philip Abbott (Purdue University, USA)

Parallel Sessions IVc

Nationalism, Regionalism and Globalism: Compatibility and Conflict
Patricia J. Lindsey (California State University, Chico, USA)

Removing Trade Participation Constraints for Resource Exporting Countries in the Presence of Subsistence Consumption Requirements
Ali Emami (University of Oregon, USA) and Richard S. Johnston (Oregon State University, USA)

Food Security in Egypt Under Economic Liberalization Policies and WTO Agreement
Gamal Mohammed Siam (Cairo University, Egypt) and Hoda A. Moussa (Agricultural Research Center, Egypt)

The Food Aid Convention: Past Performance and Future Role within the New Global Trade and Development Environment
H. Bruce Huff (Huff and Associates, Canada) and Michelle Jimenez (Food and nutrition consultant, UK)

Parallel Sessions IVd

World Cereals Markets under Alternative Common Agricultural Policy Reforms
Catherine Benjamin (INRA, France), Chantal Guéguen (Faculté de Sciences Economiques, Rennes, France) and Magalie Houée (INRA, France)

Combining Risk Assessment and Economics in Managing a SPS Risk
Norbert Wilson (Auburn University, USA) and Jesús Antón (OECD)

The SPS Process and Developing Countries
Peter Walkenhorst (OECD)

Use of Antidumping Measures by Developing Countries: The Impact on U.S. Exports of Agricultural Products
Jonathan R. Coleman, (USITC), John Fry (USITC) and Warren Payne (USITC)

Parallel Sessions IVe

The Rise of Supermarkets and Private Standards in Developing Countries: Illustrations from the Produce Sector and Hypothesized Implications for Trade
Thomas Reardon (Michigan State University, USA), C. Peter Timmer (University of California, San Diego, USA) and Julio A. Berdegue (International Farming Systems Research Network, Chile)

The Effects of Alternative Proposals on Export Subsidies to Agricultural Products in the Current WTO Round
Piero Conforti (INEA, Italy) and Beatriz E. Velazquez (INEA, Italy)

Fundamental Market Analysis with Rational Expectations: a Model for Primary Commodities
Federico Perali (University of Verona, Italy ) and Luca Pieroni (University of Perugia, Italy)

Aspects of the Ukraine`s Entry Into The World Trade Organization: Grain Production
Oleksandr V. Goncharenko (Institute of Agrarian Economics, Ukraine)