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“Integrating the Americas”
November 20-21, 2002
Institute for International Economics (IIE)
1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
November 20th
Opening Remarks
José Manuel Salazar, Director, OAS Trade Unit
(Speech)
Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics
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Integration in the Americas: State of Play
Moderator:
Sidney Weintraub,
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Panelists:
Albert Fishlow, Columbia University
Roberto Bouzas, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)
Commentator:
Craig VanGrasstek,
Harvard University
Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics
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Opportunities and Challenges on the Negotiating Front
Moderator:
Robert Devlin,
Deputy Manager, Integration and Regional Programs
Department, IDB
Panelists:
Diana Tussie,
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)/Latin
American Trade Network (LATN) (Download
paper)
Luis de la Calle,
Public Strategies Inc, former under secretary
for international trade negotiations in Mexico's Ministry of the Economy (Download
paper)
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Commentator:
Marcelo Abreu,
Universidad Católica de Rio de Janeiro
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Luncheon Keynote Speech by
Alberto Trejos, Minister of
Foreign Trade of Costa Rica
“The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement and Hemispheric Integration”
Lunch sponsored by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
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Challenges to Development and Integration
Moderator:
José Manuel Salazar, Director, OAS Trade Unit
Panelists:
Khalid Malik, Director, Evaluation Office, UNDP
(Download Paper)
Norberto Iannelli, Independent Consultant, former Undersecretary
for Hemispheric Economic Integration and Mercosur at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, Argentina (Download paper in
English
or in
Spanish)
Commentator:
Robert Lawrence, Harvard University
William Dymond, Carleton University
(Download
Comment)
Macroeconomic Policy and Integration
Moderator:
José Tavares, OAS Trade Unit
Panelists:
Liliana Rojas-Suárez, IDB and Center for Global Development
(Download paper, view
Presentation)
Barry Eichengreen, University of California at Berkeley
(Download Paper
and
view
presentation)
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Commentator:
José Luis Machinea, Inter-American Development Bank
November 21st
Trade and Regional Integration in the Americas
(Panel organized by the Integration and Regional Programs Department of the
Inter-American Development Bank)
Moderator:
Antoni Estevadeordal, Inter-American Development Bank
Panelists:
“Regional Integration and Productivity: The Experiences of Brazil and
Mexico"
Ernesto López-Córdova, Inter-American Development Bank
Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Inter-American Development Bank
(View
presentation)
“Trade and Cooperation: A Regional Public Goods Approach”
By Robert Devlin and Antoni Estevadeordal, Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB)
Antoni Estevadeordal, Inter-American Development Bank
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presentation)
“Exchange Rate Volatility, Trade and Regional Integration: Evidence from Latin
America”
Paolo Giordano, Inter-American Development Bank
Josefina Monteagudo, Inter-American Development Bank
(View presentation)
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Central America: Regional Integration, Puebla-Panama Plan and the
Free Trade Agreement with the United States
(Panel organized by Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales - ASIES,
International Development Research Centre - IDRC and Ford Foundation)
Moderator:
David Lewis, Vice-President,
Manchester Trade
Panelists:
“The Free Trade Agreement with the United States”
(Download paper in
Spanish
or English)
Reny M. Bake, Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM)
“Key Issues for Central American Integration”
(Download paper in
Spanish or
English)
Pablo Rodas, Association for Research and Social Studies (ASIES)
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“Puebla-Panama Plan”
(Download paper in
Spanish )
Randall Arce, Centro Internacional de Política Económica (CINPE)
Commentator:
Pablo Schneider, President, Central American Bank for Economic
Integration (CABEI)
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Governance Issues in International Trade: the Case of Developing
Countries
(Panel organized by Latin American Trade Network - LATN)
Moderator:
Sherry Stephenson, OAS Trade Unit
Panelists:
Antonio Ortiz Mena, Centro de Investigación y Docencia
Económicas (CIDE) (Download
paper)
Valentina Delich, Latin American Trade Network
(Download paper)
Commentator:
Ngaire Woods, Oxford University
(Comments to the paper by Bernard Hoekman; "Strengthening
the Global Trade Architecture for Development.” Policy Research
Working Paper 2757. The World Bank, Development Research Group. January 2002.)
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Luncheon Keynote Speech by: Ambassador Richard Fisher, Managing
Partner, Kissinger, McLarty Associates, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
“Progress and Prospects for Hemispheric Integration”
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Bilateral versus Plurilateral Trade Negotiations: The Case of the
MERCOSUR-USA 4+1 negotiations. (Panel Organized by Red MERCOSUR)
Moderator:
Fernando Gonzalez-Guyer, General Coordinator, Red MERCOSUR
Panelists:
Marcel Vaillant, Departamento de Economia de la Universidad de la República
Silvia Laens, Centro de Investigaciones Económicas (CINVE)
(View presentation)
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Commentator:
Sidney Weintraub, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
David Tarr, World Bank
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Antidumping and Anticompetitive Practices
(Panel organized by Latin American Trade Network-LATN)
Moderator:
Diana Tussie, Director, Latin American Trade Network (LATN)
Panelists:
“The International Use of Antidumping: The Peculiarities of Developing
Countries”
Jorge Miranda, King & Spalding
“Antidumping and Competition Policy: The Peruvian Experience”
Mercedes Araoz, Universidad del Pacífico
“Antidumping, the Steel Industry and the FTAA”
José Tavares, OAS Trade Unit
(Download
paper)
Commentator:
Thomas J. Prusa, Rutgers University
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Part II and Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
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