Jan. 13, Friday -- The promises and pitfalls of freer trade for California agriculture will be the focus of a conference in Sacramento examining the impact of the 12-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The conference will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., featuring three panels of experts. Keynote speakers will be Jason Hafemeister of the U.S. Trade Representative's Office, speaking on what agriculture can expect from the World Trade Organization's 2001 Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, and Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters, discussing California in the 21st century. Panelists will include faculty members from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Berkeley. A complete agenda for the conference, sponsored by the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics at the University of California, is available online at .
Media Resources
Pat Bailey, Research news (emphasis: agricultural and nutritional sciences, and veterinary medicine), 530-219-9640, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
Colin Carter, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics, 530-304-7603, cacarter@ucdavis.edu
Philip Martin, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics, (530) 756-5713, plmartin@ucdavis.edu
Alix Zwane, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics, (510) 642-7628, zwane@are.berkeley.edu