Liberty Institute and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies cordially invite you to a seminar on

The New WTO Round: Is free trade fair trade?

Date: October 12, 2001

Venue: Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Jawahar Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi 110001

9.15 -9.30 am : Registration
9.30-10.30 am : Session I - Towards a New Trade Round
Anwar-ul Hoda, Manoj Pant, Bibek Debroy
Chaired by Barun Mitra
10.30-10.45 am : Tea
10.45 am-1.00 pm : Session II - Rules and Loopholes
Aminulla Khan, Abhijeet Das, T. Viswanath, Rahul Mukherjee, P. D. Kaushik, Debashish Chakraberti
Chaired by Bibek Debroy
1.00-2.00 pm : Lunch
2.00-3.30 pm : Session III - Agriculture under the WTO
Bibek Debroy, Pranab Sen, Swapan Bhattacharya, Anil Sharma
Chaired by Julian Morris
3.30-3.45 pm : Tea
3.45-5.15 pm : Session IV - Trade and Linkages
Barun Mitra, Julian Morris, Yashika Singh, Harshvardhan Singh, Surjeet Bhalla
Chaired by P. D. Kaushik
5.15 pm : Concluding Remarks

Speakers Profile

Dr. Surjeet Bhalla, Oxsus Fund
Dr. Swapan Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Public Administration
Mr. Debashish Chakraborty, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Mr. Abhijeet Das, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
Prof. Bibek Debroy, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Dr. Anwar-ul Hoda, Indian Council for Research in International Relations
Dr. P. D. Kaushik, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Mr. Amir Ullah Khan, South Asia Foundation
Mr. Barun Mitra, Liberty Institute
Mr. Julian Morris, International Policy Network, London, and visiting fellow Liberty Institute
Dr. Rahul Mukherjee, Centre for Policy Research
Dr. Vijay Prakash Ojha, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Dr. Manoj Pant,
Dr. Pranab Sen, Planning Commission
Dr. Anil Sharma, National Council for Applied Economic Research
Ms. Yashika Singh, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Dr. Harshvardhan Singh, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Space is limited, kindly confirm your participation by telephone, fax or email.

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