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The
second annual CAT+E conference will will take place
on 1-2 November 2004 in Amsterdam and will focus on trade and environment
from a North-South perspective.
Summary first
CAT+E conference
The
conference "Moving forward from Cancún" assesses
the current trade and environment nexus at the interface of policy
and research. It is the first major conference to follow the WTO
Ministerial Conference at Cancún and will be an important
opportunity to take stock in light of the crucial negotiations to
be concluded in 2005 and beyond.
Foto: Peter Schmid, internAA
The
agenda of the Ministerial Conference in Cancún covers a wide
range of issues. Given the interlinkages between topics in the WTO,
both conceptually and in terms of negotiation dynamics, the Cancún
outcomes can be expected to impact on a broad range of other policy
areas, inter alia labour, development, and consumer policy. Therefore,
the final choice of the Berlin conference topics depends on the
process of the ongoing WTO negotiations. The following issues are
considered:
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Investment Liberalisation
- Agriculture Liberalisation
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements
and WTO Rules
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Instruments for Consumer Policy
- Human Rights
The purpose of this
conference is to evaluate recent developments in the trade negotiations
as well as the current state of research, including research approaches
and methodologies, to ensure appropriate linkages between research
and policy making. The conference brings together approximately
100 national, European and international policy-makers, researchers,
and representatives from various NGOs.
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