4th TED Virtual Conference:

New Issues for the Millennium Trade Round:
The Natural and Social Worlds

April 13 to May 11, 1999

We welcome you to join our fourth Virtual Conference titled: New Issues for the Millennium Trade Round: The Natural and Social Worlds. There are several ways to participate in the conference, participate as a paper presenter, a commenter, or both. As a commenter read the papers posted below and then you are welcome to leave messages for the paper author directly from the mailbox at the bottom of the paper. Also, you may leave a comment on the "Message Board" which covers more general topics that cross several cases. Finally, if you register for the conference, we can provide you with emails for all other registrants. Paper presenters are automatically registered.

Part A: Trade and the Natural World

Panel 2: Trade and Pollution: Waste, Infestation and Climate Change
Section 4: Trade, Pollution and Infestation
Section 5: Trade, Ozone and Climate Change

Part B: Trade and the Social World

Panel 4: New Rights in Old Settings
Section 9: Trade and Culture
Section 10: Trade and Computers
Section 11: Trade and New Issues

Concluding Remarks
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About the Conference

We want to make the case for including new issues squarely within the next round of trade negotiations. Realizing that hard economic times make further trade liberalization less likely, nevertheless one goal should be to encourage disciplines that cushion peoples from the negative effects of trade.

This is our fourth virtual conference. The first two conferences outlined some issues that will be present in the next WTO round of trade negotiations.

Link to Cost Benefit Conference

The second conference squarely examined culture issues in trade and environmental contexts, through three panels relating to food, globalization, and symbol issues.

Link to Culture Conference

The third conference began a two year effort to look at the issues of importance to the Millennium Round of WTO Trade Negotiations and the New Issues that need addressing. Three panels examined issues of culture, environment, and rights with respect to trade.

Link to the Millennium Conference (#1)

Group A: Trade and the Natural World

Section 1: Trade and Ocean Species
Discussants: David Dalbec, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Dr. Ashok Swain, University of Uppsala (Sweden) (invited)

517 AROWANA Arowama Fish Trade, by Nakaba Chimura
520 TUNNY Bosporus Fish Depletion, by Teyfik Kor
524 MANATEE Persian Gulf Manatee, by Dan Pattarini
526 SHRIMP3 Asia-US Turtle Dispute, by Usha Seedial
562 BAHRAIN Bahrain Island Dispute, by Mohammed Abdul Rahman
530 EELFARM Taiwan and Eel Farming, by Julian Wu

Section 2: New Trade Issues

564 IVORY2 Legal Ivory Trade, by Hussein Hindawi
566 WATER Canada-US Water Trade, by Mohammed Karroum
539 EUNOISE European Plane Noise Standards, by Nathan Kline
540 MOONROCK Moon Rocks and Trade, by Josh Pierry
527 MEXBREW Mexico-US Beer Dispute, by Michael Stebe
565 FUNERAL Funeral Home Trade Dispute, by Timmy Thomas
569 SLEEP Children's Sleepwear and Trade, by Rana Ridha

Panel 3: Trade and Agriculture Disputes
Discussant: Dr. David Ervin, Henry Wallace Institute, USA (invited)
525 MALTOBAC Malawi Tobacco and Environment, by Jen Poitras
528 ARGRICE Argentina-Brazil Rice Dispute, by Luis Torres
529 WHEAT Wheat and US China Relations, by Peter Wright
536 BANANA2 US-EU Banana Dispute, by Kathleen Dean
553 PISTACHIO Iran and Pistachio Trade, by Mary Frances Styczynski
567 CHERRYJP Japan's Restrictions on Cherry Imports, by Abeer El Lahham

Group B: Trade and Pollution: Waste, Infestation and Climate Change

Panel 4: Trade, Pollution and Infestation
Discussants: Dr. Phil Ross, US Environmental Protection Agency (invited) and Dr. Barry Nussbaum, US Environmental Protection Agency
523 LADOGA Lake Lagoda and Russian Tourism, by Courtney Nero
541 CLARK Clark Base in Philippines and Waste Clean-up, by Maria Cristina Esteron
542 BEETLE2 China Exports and Beetle Infestations, by Fumi Tokunaga

Panel 5: Trade, Ozone and Climate Change
Discussants: Paul Madden, British Embassy (invited), Paul Wapner, American University, and David Crosby, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, American University

518 RUSSCFC Russia CFC Trade, by Betsy Fishman
537 KYOTO Kyoto Accord and Trade, by Lisa Raykovicz
560 STEEL2 Russia Steel Dumping, by Tyler Graden

Part B: Trade and the Social World

Group C: Old Rights in New Settings

Panel 6: Trade and International Politics
Discussant: Dean Goodman, AU (invited), Tom Johnson, AU (invited)

538 HELMS Helms-Burton Case, by Jeffrey Clark
548 WALMART Walmart Goes to Argentina, by Maria Anna Silverman

Panel 7: Trade and Genetics
Discussants: Dr. Maria Green Cowles, AU (invited)

521 CHOCOLAT Chocolate Substititues, by Veronique Kouame
544 CANOLA Canola and Genetics Trade, by Catarine Wikman
557 DOLLY Dolly the Sheep and Genetic Engineering Products, by Dareen Hage-Ali
559 GENEPACT Gene Pact, by Sandra Gulbicki

Panel 8: Trade and Labor
Discussant: Dr. Craig VanGrasstek, AU, Dr. Carolyn Fawcett, AU

547 SLAVE Slave Trade, by Desiree Hopkins
550 BRACERO Bracero Program and Labor Rights, by Michelle Tiedemann
551 BIGMAC McDonalds and Labor Rights under NAFTA, by Adam Costanzo
563 NIKE Nike and Pakistani Child Labor, by Faraz Azam
560 COMPLAB Computer Software Labor, by George Macoukji
557 PRISON Prison Labor and China, by James Reeves
567 PICKER Apple Picker Rights, by Genevieve Brittain

Group D: New Rights in Old Settings

Panel 9: Trade and Culture
Discussants: Dr. John Doolittle, American University (invited)
516 SAUDPORK Pork Imports, Saudi Arabia, by Shehab Al-Fakhri
531 XMASTREE Christmas Tree Trade Dispute, by Chris Visser
558 EUGENBAN India Film Import Quotas, by Ansar Mohideen
559 INDBEEF India Beef Import Policy, by Tarun Pattini
546 BORDERS Borders Bookstore Dispute, by Nicholas Standlick

Panel 10: Trade and Computers
Discussant: Dr. Wadih Atiyah (American University), Ali Ghobadi (American University), Brian Kehs (invited)

549 DATAWAR Data Privacy and Trade, by Kyriakos Vassilakos
552 CRYPTO Cryptography and Exports, by John Sutton
561 CELLULAR Cellular Phones, Health and Trade and, by Khalid Abu Kobe
568 YTK Year 2000 and Trade, by Atheeqe Ansari