| FREEMAN LECTURE TO ADDRESS "GLOBALIZATION AND U.S. FARM POLICY" DECEMBER 9
Acting on a complaint by Brazil, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel
in 2004 found that U.S. cotton program subsidies violate the United States'
own trade obligations as agreed upon by Congress in 1994.
This finding greatly complicates U.S. farm policy. In 2007, Congress must reauthorize
agriculture legislation, but how will the new Farm Bill differ from present
policy?
The Freeman Lecture will shed new light on this dilemma with speakers who include
the former Brazilian trade negotiator who led the successful challenge to U.S.
cotton subsidies, along with an agricultural economist who builds new policy
ideas upon those that former Minnesota Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman proposed for supply management half a century ago. Members
of Minnesota's Congressional delegation who serve on the House and Senate agriculture
committees that will craft new agriculture legislation are invited to provide
their perspectives.
Join us on Friday, December 9, in Cowles Auditorium of the Humphrey Center,
301 19th Avenue South in Minneapolis, for this interesting program. Registration
begins at 9:30 a.m., with the program running from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The Freeman Lecture program is free and open to the public, with a nominal
charge for lunch ($10 for the general public; no charge for high school and
college students). Seating is limited, so pre-registration for the program and
lunch is required. Please register by December 1 at the Freeman
Forum website. Questions can be directed to (651) 645-9403.
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