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TTIP talks: What’s cooking?
- Perspectives on Food & Farming
Conference programme
Welcome MEP Ska Keller – general concerns about TTIP
Keynote speech by Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen (USA)
TTIP – trading away good food and farming, Moderated by MEP José Bové
- Magda Stoczkiewicz, director Friends of the Earth Europe (precautionary principle,
food safety differences EU-US)
- Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Director International Strategies at Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
(IATP) (on US-EU perspective, via video connection in Washington)
- Todor Ivanov, Secretary General EuroCoop (on consumers rights, labeling issues and
food safety standards)
Response from John Clarke, Director of International affairs in DG AGRI, European Commission
Response by Elena Bryan, Senior Trade Representative at the US Mission to the EU
Debate / Q&A
Harmonizing rules and standards – a race to the bottom?, moderated by MEP Bart Staes
- Olga Kikou, Manager of European Affairs Compassion in World Farming
(on animal welfare issues)
- Vito Buonsante, Law and Policy adviser Client Earth (on pesticides and chemicals in food)
- Michael Scannell, Director of the Food and Veterinary Office FVO (on controls and inspections)
- Erica Smith, law and policy consultant for the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
(on how the pesticide industry uses TTIP to harmonise EU and US law)
Response from Ladislav Miko, Deputy Director General DG SANCO, European Commission
Debate / Q&A
Start TTIP: Socioeconomic Impact on Food and Farming, moderated by MEP Benedek Javor
- Hanny van Geel, European Coordination Via Campesina
(on consequences for farmers of free trade agreements)
- Sieta van Keimpema, Vice-Chair European Milk Board
(on consequences for farmers of free trade agreements)
- Robert Marshall Pederson, Food Policy expert Aalborg University and Arc2020 (on impacts on
nutrition and dietary transition, sustainable food and agriculture systems)
Response by Monique Pariat, Deputy Director General DG AGRI, European Commission
Response by Jim Higginston, Minister Counselor for FAS (foreign agriculture service) US Mission to the EU
Concluding remarks by MEP Philippe Lamberts, vice-president Greens/Efa Group in European Parliament
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