1999 WTO Public Hearings

Listening Sessions

Town Hall Meetings

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Listening Sessions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)  held 12 public listening sessions to solicit public comments on agricultural trade priorities for the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The sessions will give USDA and USTR officials an opportunity to outline general approaches for the next round and to listen to the public and share ideas about critical trade issues, such as market access, export subsidies, tariff reductions, internal support, state trading enterprises, labor and environmental issues, and trade concerns relating to products from new technologies.

Location	Regions of States	Date	Site	Regional Registration Contact	Phone
Winter Haven, Florida	Florida*	June 4, 1999	Nora Mayo Hall	Will Bussey Florida Dept. of Food and Agriculture busseyw@doacs.state.fl.us	(850) 488-3022
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St. Paul, Minnesota	Minnesota* North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	June 7, 1999	Holiday Inn, St. Paul East Minnesota	Darla Riley Minnesota Dept. of  Agriculture	(651) 282-5140
				transcript of the proceedings
Memphis, Tennessee	Tennessee* Georgia Alabama Kentucky N. Carolina S. Carolina Mississippi Arkansas	June 16, 1999	Agri-Center International	Eric Maupin Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture	(615) 837-5160
				transcript of the proceedings
Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana* Ohio Michigan Illinois W. Virginia	June 24, 1999	Indiana State Fair Grounds	Julia Wickard Indianapolis Dept. of Agriculture	(317) 232-8778
Kearney, Nebraska	Nebraska*	June 26, 1999	University of Nebraska	Allen Mitchel	(402) 471-4876
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Sacramento, California	California* Hawaii Arizona	June 29, 1999	Auditorium, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture Auditorium	Marjorie Beazer CA. Dept. of Food and Agriculture mbeazer@cdfa.ca.gov	(916)  654-0462
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Tri-Cities, (Richland) Washington	Washington* Idaho Oregon Alaska	June 30, 1999	Washington State University (Tri-Cities)	Washington State University at Tri-Cities	(800) 201-7202 or (509) 372-7200
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Austin, Texas	Texas* Oklahoma Louisiana New Mexico	July 8, 1999	The Texas State Capitol	Dawn DeBerry Texas Dept. of Agriculture	(512) 475-1615
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Des Moines, Iowa	Iowa* Missouri Kansas	July 12, 1999	Auditorium, State Historical Building	Joan Kiernan Iowa Dept. of Agriculture	(515) 281-5323
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Burlington, Vermont	Vermont* New York Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island	July 19, 1999	University of Vermont	Theresa Doyle	(802) 828-2430
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Bozeman, Montana	Montana* Wyoming Colorado Nevada Utah	July 23, 1999	Student Union Building, Montana State University	Montana Dept. of Agriculture	(406) 444-3144
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Newark, Delaware	Delaware* New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland	July 23, 1999	University of Delaware	Brenda Minor Delaware Dept. of Agriculture	(302)  739-4811
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Town Hall Meetings

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also hosted public town meetings for residents to ask agricultural and trade officials questions on agricultural trade issues for the upcoming WTO negotiations.

Spokane, Washington		Oct. 19, 1999	Spokane Ag Trade Center
				transcript of the proceedings

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