IATRC
Activities

Symposia

Public Trade Policy Research and Analysis Symposia are aimed at furthering broader professional interest and involvement in agricultural trade research, and contributing to informed debate of current trade policy issues.

Upcoming Symposium

2012 Public Trade Policy Research and Analysis Symposium has not yet been determined. Please check back for more information.

Previous Symposia
Papers from post-2004 Symposia can be downloaded by using the links below. See Publications: Proceedings Issues, for published proceedings issues related to Symposia since 1986.

Date/Location Symposium Topic
2010
June 27-29
Stuttgart, Germany
Climate Change in World Agriculture: Mitigation, Adaptation, Trade and Food Security
Organizers: Harald Grethe, Ian Sheldon, Edda Thiele, Harald von Witzke, and Gregg Young
(Co-sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and Universität Hohenheim, Agricultural and Food Policy Group)
2009
June 22-23
Seattle, WA
Confronting Food Price Inflation: Implications for Agricultural Trade and Policies
Organizers: Philip Abbott, Neil Conklin, Pierre Charlebois and Won Koo
(Co-sponsored by the Farm Foundation and the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies)
2008
June 30-July 1
Seoul, Korea
Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide
Organizers: Munisamy Gopinath and Hanho Kim
(Co-sponsored by the Korea Rural Economic Institute, Oregon State University and Seoul National University)
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2007
July 8-9
Beijing, China
China's Agricultural Trade: Issue and Prospects
Organizers: Ian Sheldon, Thomas Wahl, and Colin Carter
(Co-sponsored by the Farm Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Economic Research Service (ERS), the Giannini Foundation, IMPACT Center, Washington State University and Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University.)
2006
May 28-30
Bonn, Germany
Food Regulation and Trade: Institutional Framework, Concepts of Analysis and Empirical Evidence
Organizers: Thomas Heckelei and Monika Hartmann
(Co-sponsored by the Institute for Agricultural Policy, Market Research and Economic Sociology, University of Bonn.)
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2005
June 19-21
Sevilla, Spain
Pressures for Agricultural Reform, WTO Panels and the Dona Round Negotiations
Organizers: Linda Young and Tim Josling
(Co-sponsored by the European Commission Joint Research Center)
2004
June 6-7
Philedelphia, PA
Adjusting to Domestic and International Agricultural
Policy Reform in Industrial Countries
Organizer: David Blandford
(Supported by grants from the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Farm Foundation)
2003
June 23-26
Capri, Italy
Agricultural policy reform and the WTO: where are we heading?
Organizers: Giovanni Anania, Mary Bohman, Colin Carter and Alex McCalla
(Organized  by the University of Calabria, Italy, the University of California, Davis, the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture with support from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute of the Netherlands, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, European Commission, Farm Foundation, Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute, Italian National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Italian National Research Council, Italian Ministry for Education, and the National Institute of Agronomic Research of France.)
2002
June 16-17
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
The Developing Countries, Agricultural Trade and the WTO
Organizers: Richard Barichello, Alex McCalla and Alberto Valdes
2001
January 18-19
Auckland, New Zealand
International Trade in Livestock Products
Organizers: Allan Rae, Julia Fisher, Chris Carson, Rod Forbes, Ron Sandrey, Michelle Veeman and David Blandford
(co-sponsored by the Venture Trust, Massey University, New Zealand and the Centre for Applied Economics and Policy Studies, Massey University)
2000
June 26-27
Montreal, Quebec
Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality
Organizers: Barry Krissoff and Mary Bohman
(co-sponsored by and NE-165 with additional support from the Farm Foundation and the Economic Research Service, USDA)
1999
June 25-26
San Francisco, CA
China's Agricultural Trade and Policy: Issues, Analysis, and Global Consequences
(co-sponsored by Agricultural Issues Center, University of California Trade Research Center, Montana State University Farm Foundation, Western Coordinating on China [WC101])
1998
June 26-27
Alexandria, VA
Policy Reform, Market Stability, and Food Security
(co-sponsored by the Center for Food and Agricultural Policy at the University of Minnesota)
1997
June 12-14
Berlin, Germany
Economic Transition in Central and East Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Implications for International Agricultural Trade
(co-sponsored by the German Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry and Humboldt University)
1996
June 28-29
Minneapolis, MN
Global Markets for Processed Foods: Theoretical and Practical Issues
(co-sponsored by The Retail Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota)
1995
June 7-9
San Jose, Costa Rica
Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere
(co-sponsored by the International Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture)
1994
June 17-18
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Agricultural Trade and the Environment: Understanding and Measuring the Critical Linkages
(with financial support from The Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Training Project funded by U.S.A.I.D., and from the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy at the University of Minnesota)
1993
June 20-23
Calabria, Italy
New Dimensions in North American-European Agricultural Trade Relations
(co-sponsored with the University of Calabria, Italy, University of California-Davis, USDA/ERS, and National Research Council)
1992
August 7-8
Annapolis, MD
Competitiveness in International Food Markets
1990
August 1-2
Honolulu, HI
Agriculture and Trade in the Pacific: Toward the 21st Century
(with financial support from the University of Hawaii)
1989
July 7-8
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
New Developments in Trade Theory: Implications for Agricultural Trade Research
1988
August 19-20
Annapolis, MD
Bringing Agriculture Into the GATT
1987
July 31-August 1
Dearborn, MI
Elasticities in International Agricultural Trade
1986
July 23-26
Tahoe City, CA
Agriculture, Macroeconomics, and the Exchange Rate