European Governance and European Opinions on trade and sustainable development
June 3 and 4, 2004 -IFRI , Paris
This workshop is dedicated to civil society participation to the policy-making process: it addresses the issue of the European governance of the trade negotiation process. The objective is to understand how collective preferences about trade and sustainability are built up within Europe. Several questions will be addressed : (i) why did the NGO movement prove to be so successful in raising linkage issues such as the potential negative effects of trade for example on food security ? (ii) What is the role of networks in the European decision-making process ? (iii) Does the European integration process favour the convergence of public opinions on sustainable trade and does it exacerbate divergences?
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Setting the stage: EU public opinions and their influence on the EU governance system on trade? |
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| Session 1 What sort of European opinions’ consensus is revealed in the EU trade policy objectives ? | Session 2 New kids on the block: how do they influence the EU governance and the trade consensus? |
DAY TWO - JUNE 4 Managing the divisive issues: how to deepen the European consensus on sustainable trade objectives? |
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| Session 3 The Trade and social challenge : | Session 4 The trade and development challenge: how can the EU trade policy really contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals? |
Wrap-up and conclusions |
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- DAY ONE -
Setting the Stage: EU Public Opinions and their Influence on the EU Governance System on Trade?
9 : 30 Registration and welcome.
9 : 45 Opening address.
10 : 00 – 13 : 00.
Session 1 – What Sort of European Opinions’ Consensus is Revealed in the EU Trade Policy Objectives ?
Chair : Michel Fouquin, Deputy Director of the CEPII and Associate Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthéon- Sorbonne).
Stephane Rozes, Director of the CSA Institute– Professor Institute of Policital Studies (I.E.P) - An Introductory Overview : What Do We Know About the Expectations of European Public Opinions Toward Globalization ? (in French)
Mauro Petriccione, Director, DG Trade, European Commission (Co-ordination of WTO and OECD matters, services, dispute settlement and Trade barriers regulation) - The Traditional Mercantilist Consensus Making: Balancing the Diverging Commercial Interests of the EU Member States to Reach Unanimity.
Celine Trublin, Secrétaire Nationale, AGIR ICI pour un monde solidaire - The New Challenges of Sustainable Trade: Framing Non-Commercial Concerns Into the Trade Policy Agenda.(in French)
14 h 30 – 16 h 30.
Session 2 - New Kids on the Block: How Do They Influence the EU Governance and the Trade Consensus?
Chair : Pierre Moraillon, Director General and Chief Negociator, Foreign Trade Department, French Trade Ministry.
Discussants : Sabine Weyand, Member of the cabinet of the European Trade Commissionner, European Commission.
Andras Inotai, General Director of the Institute for World Economics, Budapest. Trade development in the enlarged European Union and social perception.
Jean-François Brakeland, Principal Administrator European Commission, Former member of the "task force on the future of the Union" - Can the EU Parliament Be a Real Power in Trade Policy?
Eddy Fougier, Ifri - Les ONG et les manifestations " altermondialistes " ont-elles une influence sur la perception du commerce par l’opinion publique et exercent-elles un impact réel sur la définition de la politique commerciale ? (in French)
Dorota Metera, IUCN Office for Central Europe - Agriculture, Trade and Sustainable Development from the Perspective of New EU Member States.
17:00 – 18 : 00
General Discussion – conclusions of day one.
- DAY TWO -
Managing the Divisive Issues: How to Deepen the European Consensus on Sustainable Trade Objectives?
9 : 30 – 12 h 30
Session 3 – The Trade and Social Challenge:
Chair : François Périgot, Président MEDEF of International, Member of the World Commission on the social dimension of globalization
Discussants : Emmanuelle Butaud – Director International Affairs, Union of Textiles Industry (U.I.T)
Pierre Latrille – Counselor, Division of trade in services, W.T.O.
Dr. Dean Spinanger – Kiel University - Trade and Labor Standards: What Is Next After the "World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization"?
Ethan Kapstein, Professor, INSEAD & Associate Senior Research Fellow, IFRI - Safety Nets and Openness : How to Deal With the Social Cost of Trade Liberalization ?
Philippe Herzog, Vice-Chairman of the Economic and Monetary Comittee, European Parliament - Is the GATS Threatening the Development of a European Framework for Services of General Interest?
14 : 00 – 16 : 00.
Session 4 – The Trade and Development Challenge: How Can the EU Trade Policy Really Contribute to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
Chair : Laurence Tubiana, Director, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI).
Françoise Nicolas, Senior Research Fellow, IFRI – Professor, Creteil University - "Making Openness Work for Development": How to Find the Optimum Proportioning of Liberalization Effort in Poor Countries?
Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval, Special Advisor, Policy Coherence for Development, OECD - From "Trade not Aid" to "Trade and Aid": Implementing the Monterrey Aid Pledges to Promote the DDA. (Power point)
Gerrit Faber, Professor, Utrecht School of Economics - The Role of the EU Trade and Development Policies : What Can Donors Do to Realize the Benefits From Trade for Development, and How Do EU Dolicies Compare to These Conditions?
16 :00 – 16 : 30
For any information, please contact
Jean-Marie Paugam
Tel : (33) 1 40 61 60 83 / 40 61 60 00
Fax : (33) 1 40 61 60 60
Mail : paugam@ifri.org