Schedule of Events
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Brink Lindsey, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Keynote Address
Susan G. Esserman, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Watch RealVideo Archive of Keynote Address
Read the event transcript (PDF, 7 pp, 27 kb)
Panel I - The Limited (but Important) Role of the WTO
Moderator, John Burgess, Washington Post
Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College
Bill Lash, George Mason University School of Law
Full text of “The Limited but Important Role of the WTO” (pdf)
Razeen Sally, London School of Economics
Full text of “National Trade Policy Reform and the Millennium Round: The Case for Developing Countries and Countries in Transition” (pdf)
Dan Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Panel II - Prospects for the Upcoming Trade Round
Moderator, Mark Groombridge, Research Fellow, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Jeffrey Schott, Institute for International Economics
Paul Morris, Embassy of Australia
Full text of “Redefining Agriculture in the WTO: Creating One Class of Goods” (pdf)
Bob Vastine, Coalition of Service Industries
Full text of “Prospects for Services Trade Liberalization in the New Trade Round” (pdf)
Eric Koenig, Microsoft Law and Government Affairs
Panel III - Building Support at Home for Free Trade
Moderator, Jutta Hennig, Cheif Editor, Inside U.S. Trade
Russell Roberts, Washington University-St. Louis
Full text of “Speaking about Trade to the Open Minded Skeptic” (pdf)
Ron Cass, Boston University
Full text of “Building Support for Free Trade: A Rockne Role?” (pdf)
Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute
Grant Aldonas, Chief Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
Closing Remarks:
William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute
Additional Paper
Full text of “The Limited (But Not Sufficiently So) Role of the WTO” by J. Michael Finger, Lead economist for trade policy, World Bank
