The 10th TED Virtual Conference:
The Road to Qatar

You are invited to participate in the 10th TED Virtual Conference. To visit the papers and comment on them, see the posting for the indivdiual classes. Each class has a slightly different focus and whould be thought of as panels in the conference. Posting of papers will begin in late October 2001 and will last through December 2001. Then, final papers will be submitted which will be archived.

I will also make a shameless plug for my new book, Exploring the Gaps: The Vital Links between Trade, Environment and Culture. This book includes some special TED case studies spread through time and examines how these factors have evolved over time to their current state of crisis in the WTO. Here is a Web support page for the book and a description of it.

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The Panels and Cases

Below are the panels and cases that will be on display during the virtual conference. The numbers accompanying the cases indicate their status in the on-line inventories to which they will be added. These include the TED and ICE inventories. All of the cases will be added to TED, save for the panel on "Conflict and Environment" which will be added to ICE.

1. Trade and Agriculture

646 SENEGAL-GROUNDNUT Senegal Groundnuts, Environment and Trade, by Coura Badiane
657 MEXICO-SUGAR Mexican-sugar Mexico, Sugar, and Trade, by Brenda Martinez
652 VIETNAM-COFFEE Vietnam, Coffee Exports and the Environment, by Janine Johnston
662 ZINFANDEL Zinfandel and Intellectual Property Rights, by Anita Tepsic

2. Human Trade

651 CZECH-CHILDREN-TRADE Trade in Czech Children for Exploitation, by Jitka Hromek
654 BEEDE Child Labor in India and Beedes, by Martha Kim
656 ITALY-WOMEN-TRAFFIC Trafficking of Nigerian Women in Italy, by Allison Loconto
660 JORDAN-FTA-LABOR US and Jordan Free Trade Agreement and Labor Provisions, by Jason Netherton
661 PHILIPPINE-TRAFFIC Philippines and Human Trafficking, by Nitara Nivatvongs

3. Conflict and Environment

87 AMPHETAMINE, Amphetemines, Trade and Burma's Civil War (ICE Case), by May Aung
88 CONGO-COLTAN Congo War and the Role of Coltan (ICE Case), by Natalie Ware
647 ICEMAN The Neolithic Iceman, Conflict and Trade Relations Then (Cross Link to ICE Case 89), by Gisella Casanovas
659 CHINA-NUCLEAR China-Nuclear Imports (Cross Link to Ice Case 90), by Melanie Mork


4. Assorted and Interesting Trade Issues

658 JAPAN-GARBAGE Japan's Garbage Exports, by Noriko Matsumaru
653 TISZA-SPILL The Tisza River Spill, the Romanian Gold Mine, and International Environmental Implications, by Eva Kaszala
650 CHAD-PIPELINE Chad Oil Pipeline to Cameroon and Its Impacts, by Shane Hough
648 COSTA-RICE-ECOTOUR Costa Rica Eco-Tourism, by Julie Dasenbrock
649 BRAZIL-AIDS Brazil, AIDS, and Intellectual Property, by Susan Gilman
655 BICARDI Bicardi Dispute over Intellectual Property and Its Role in Politics, by Jackie Lirtzman