Seattle and Beyond: The Future of the WTO
Featuring Susan Esserman, Douglas Irwin, Russell Roberts, Brink Lindsey, Dan Griswold, Bill Lash, Mark Groombridge, John Burgess, Razeen Sally, Jeffrey Schott, Paul Morris, Bob Vastine, Eric Koenig, Jutta Hennig, Russell Roberts, Ron Cass, Grant Aldonas, and William Niskanen.
| Welcome and Opening Remarks Brink Lindsey, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
| Keynote Address Susan G. Esserman, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative 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 |
