NATIONAL FORUM ON TRADE POLICY:
EXPLORING FEDERAL/STATE COOPERATION
 

DECEMBER 10-12, 2003
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

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Welcoming Comments (12/10/03) Jack Kasarda, Ph.D., UNC CIBER Director

Jim Fain, NC Secretary of Commerce

 

Welcoming Comments (12/11/03) Peter Cunningham, Director of International Trade, North Carolina Dept. of Commerce
Steve Jones, Dean, Kenan-Flagler Business School

Molly Corbett Broad, President, The University of North Carolina

 

Global Competitive Conditions and Trade (12/11/03) Frank Vargo, Vice President-International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers
Mark D. Nguyen, Director - Multilateral Trade Services, White & Case, LLP

J. David Richardson, Professor of Economics & International Relations, The Maxwell School

 

State-Level Responses to Changing Competitive Conditions (12/11/03) Marsha VandeBerg, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, California World Trade Commission
Jim Fain, North Carolina Secretary of Commerce
Jim Clinton, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board

Rep. Daniel Bosley, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - House of Representatives

 

Panel Introduction (12/11/03)

Mayor Daniel L. Stewart, Plattsburgh, NY

 

Canadian Experience with Federal-Provincial consultations on Trade Policy (12/11/03)

David Devine, Director, Trade Consultations and Liason Division, Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

James Perttula, Senior Policy Advisor/Team Leader, Trade and Internationsl Policy Branch, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

 

Federal - State Interactions on Trade Policy and Its Consequences (12/11/03) Christina Sevilla, Director Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Liaison, USTR
Kay Wilkie, International Policy Analyst, New York State Department of Economic Development

Thomas Oatley, Associate Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill (invited)

 

Breakout Meeting Session 1 (12/11/03) Mark Nguyen
Kay Wilkie
Sam Troy
Peter Cunningham
Carol Conway
Pat Conway
Stu Rosenfeld
Dianne Creech
Roger J. Shackleford

Robert A. Connolly

Keynote Speaker (12/11/03)

Earl N. (Phil) Phillips, Jr., Former US Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean
John Bassett, President, Bassett Furniture Company