Conference 

# Seattle and Beyond: The Future of the WTO 

Date and Time 

November 17, 1999 1 - 2:30 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

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](https://www.cato.org/people/brink-lindsey), Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute |
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| **Keynote Address** **Susan G. Esserman**, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative [Read the event transcript](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/991117et.pdf) (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](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/lash.pdf)” (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](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/sally.pdf)” (pdf) **[Dan Griswold](/people/griswold.html)**, *Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute* |
| **Panel II — Prospects for the Upcoming Trade Round** **Moderator, [Mark Groombridge](/people/groombridge.html)**, 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](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/morrisp.pdf)” (pdf) **Bob Vastine**, Coalition of Service Industries, Full text of “[Prospects for Services Trade Liberalization in the New Trade Round](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/vastine.pdf)” (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](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/roberts.pdf)” (pdf) **Ron Cass**, *Boston University*, Full text of “[Building Support for Free Trade: A Rockne Role?](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/cass.pdf)” (pdf) **[Brink Lindsey](/people/lindsey.html)**, Cato Institute **Grant Aldonas**, Chief Counsel, Senate Finance Committee |
| **Closing Remarks:** **[William Niskanen](/people/niskanen.html)**, Chairman, Cato Institute **Additional Paper** Full text of “[The Limited (But Not Sufficiently So) Role of the WTO](https://www.cato.org/event-transcripts/seattle/papers/finger.pdf)” by **J. Michael Finger**, Lead economist for trade policy, World Bank |

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