Location:

The Partnership and the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council invite you to attend a Congressional Briefing on:

African Agrifood Exports to the US:
Facing Challenges of Sanitary & Phyto-Sanitary Standards and Tariff-Rate Quotas

Moderator:
Charlotte Hebebrand, Chief Executive, IPC

Introductory Remarks:
James Kiiru, Commercial Attache, Embassy of Kenya, and Chair, African Diplomatic AGOA Technical Committee

Panel Discussion:

• AGOA and Agriculture - Daniel Karanja, Sr. Fellow, Partnership to Cut Hunger & Poverty in Africa

• SPS  Standards: Horticultural Exports from AGOA Countries to the US: Challenges & Considerations - Richard Pasco, Attorney, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller

• Tariff Rate Quotas: What They Mean for AGOA Market Access - David Skully, Professor, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Discussants:

• Implications for Farmers & Rural Women - Lawrencia Adams-Simpson, Team Leader, Ghana Research and Advocacy Program and First Ray Almeida Fellow

• Moving Forward & Implications for US and Africa - Steve Lande, President, Manchester Trade LTD

Policy Briefs:

Attachment(s): 

MT US-Africa Econ Growth Initiatives Partnerships.pdf

Karanja Powerpoint July 28 2010 AGOA.pdf

Pasco Powerpoint July 28 2010 AGOA SPS.pdf

Skully Powerpoint July 28 2010 AGOA TRQs.pdf