DRAFT AGENDA FOR WORKSHOP

 

8:45 - 9:00                               Registration

9.00 - 9:15                               Welcome and Introductions

9:15 – 10:30                           Panel Discussion: Current status of the WTO and FTAA and implications for    Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom

                                                (Representative, Ministry of Trade; Representative, Business; Representative, Labour; Lori Wallach – Global Trade Watch)

10:30 – 10:45                          Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:00                          Proposals in the FTAA that present the greatest threat to small economies – Lori Wallach, Director Global Trade Watch

12:00 –   1:15                          Lunch

  1:15 -    3:30                          Strategising on building civil society campaigns around trade issues – Lori Wallach

  3:30 -    4:15                          Report on Specialist Trade Research Unit and Discussion on Proposal to establish National Civil Society Committee on Trade Issues

  4:15                                       Summary and Closure