NAEGA member personnel are invited to RSVP for a meeting of the U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for Trade on June 26 from 10:00am-12:00pm at Arent Fox, LLP on 1717 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Food and Ag Dialogue for Trade is an off the record broad based open forum that convenes as needed to discuss U.S. agriculture's interests in trade.
Please RSVP here:
The preliminary agenda includes:
10:00-11:45am
U.S. Government update on trade policy objectives and NAFTA:
Sharon Bomer-Lauritsen, Assistant USTR for Agriculture and Commodity Policy (Confirmed)
Jason Hafemeister, Acting Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services (Confirmed)
11:45pm-12:00pm
U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue Working Group Update
11:00-11:30am
Update on the Asia-Pacific Trade Environment,
Tien Li, Embassy of Vietnam (Confirmed)
11:30-12:00pm
Mexico Perspectives on NAFTA Negotiations:
Ken Smith Ramos, Director of the Trade and the NAFTA Office at the Embassy of Mexico (Confirmed)