Study Group on Democratizing U.S. Trade Policy
Directors: Bruce Stokes, and Pat Choate
Chairs: Jim Kolbe, Senior Advisor, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Sherrod Brown
October 1, 1999 - January 1, 2001
The purpose of this roundtable was to recommend a more inclusive process for developing U.S. trade policy through broader Congressional participation in trade policymaking and negotiations, through a more open and effective USTR (United States Trade Representative) advisory system, through greater interaction between regulatory and trade officials, and through engagement with state and local governments to ensure broader public support for future trade
policies. Bruce Stokes published a paper based on the roundtable findings.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Democratizing U.S. Trade Policy: Manuscript Review
Speaker: Bruce Stokes
August 1, 2001
Study Group Meeting
Democratizing U.S. Trade Policy—Session VI
Panelists: Sherrod Brown, Representative (D-Ohio)
Jim Kolbe, Representative (R-Ariz.)
Speakers: Bruce Stokes, The Reform Party
Pat Choate
January 30, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
Democratizing U.S. Trade Policy: Session V
Panelists: Sherrod Brown, Representative (D-Ohio)
Jim Kolbe, Representative (R-Ariz.)
December 12, 2000
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Roundtable Meeting
You Can’t Get There From Here: How to Move Past the Roadblocks to a New Trade Consensus
Speakers: Bruce Stokes, Council on Foreign Relations
Pat Choate, CELI
October 31, 2000
Roundtable Meeting
Congressional Trade Reform
Speakers: Pat Choate, CELI
Bruce Stokes, Council on Foreign Relations
September 19, 2000
National Program Meeting
Post-Seattle: Putting Trade Policy Back Together (Atlanta)
Panelist: Raymond D. Hill, Executive Vice President and CEO, Southern Energy, Inc.
Speakers: Pat Choate, Chairman, Reform Party, Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Stokes, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies: Trade
May 25, 2000
U.S. trade policy has been under attack for several years, from Seattle last December to the fight over China’s accession to the WTO on Capitol Hill. In order to break the impasse between critics and supporters of globalization, Bruce Stokes and Pat Choate argue that trade policy formulation must become more transparent and that new players be allowed to participate.
National Program Meeting
Post-Seattle: Putting Trade Policy Back Together (Houston)
Speaker: Bruce Stokes, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies: Trade, Council on Foreign Relations
May 24, 2000
U.S. trade policy has been under attack for several years, from Seattle last December to the fight over China’s accession to the WTO on Capitol Hill. In order to break the impasse between critics and supporters of globalization, Bruce Stokes and Pat Choate argue that trade policy formulation must become more transparent and that new players be allowed to participate.
National Program Meeting
Post-Seattle: Putting Trade Policy Back Together (San Francisco)
Panelist: Stephen S. Cohen, Co-Director, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, and Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
Speakers: Pat Choate, Chairman, Reform Party, Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Stokes, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies: Trade
May 1, 2000
U.S. trade policy has been under attack for several years, from Seattle last December to the fight over China’s accession to the WTO on Capitol Hill. In order to break the impasse between critics and supporters of globalization, Bruce Stokes and Pat Choate argue that trade policy formulation must become more transparent and that new players be allowed to participate.
Roundtable Meeting
USTR’s Private Sector Advisory System: An Effective System for Democratizing U.S. Trade Policy or an Exclusive Club
Panelists: Jim Kolbe, (R-Ariz.)
Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio)
Speaker: Phyllis Shearer Jones, Elan International
February 16, 2000
Roundtable Meeting
Reforming the Secret, One-Sided Trade Advisory System
Panelists: Jim Kolbe, (R-Ariz.)
Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio)
Speaker: Lori Wallach, Public Citizen
February 16, 2000
Roundtable Meeting
The Trade Policy Process in Historical Perspective
Panelists: Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio)
Jim Kolbe, (R-Ariz.)
Speakers: Alfred E. Eckes, Ohio State University
Susan Ariel Aaronson, National Policy Association
November 17, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
Trade Policy Formation
Panelists: Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio)
Jim Kolbe, (R-Ariz.)
September 22, 1999
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