International Trade Workshop
 Wednesday, March 3 |
| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration Opens |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Introductions and Logistics
Dick Crowder,
Professor,
Virginia Tech and former Chief Agriculture Negotiator |
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| 8:20 a.m. |
VFB Perspective (one year later)
Wayne Pryor, President, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Administration’s Agriculture Trade Agenda and Priorities
Ambassador, Chief Agriculture Negotiator TBD (invited) |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Food Safety and Trade: The United States – China Partnership
The Honorable Wei Chuanzhong, Vice Minister of AQSIQ (food safety) China |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Governor’s Agriculture and Trade Priorities
The Honorable Bob McDonnell, Governor of Virginia (invited) |
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| 11:50 p.m. |
Morning Wrap-up and Discussion Dick Crowder
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Luncheon
Domestic and Trade Policy LinkagesThe Honorable James W. Miller, Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Program Services (invited) |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Trade – The Perspective of a CEO
Larry Pope, CEO, Smithfield Food
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| 2:15 p.m. |
Break
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Role of Virginia Port Authority in Agricultural Exports
Jerry Bridges, Director,
Virginia Port Authority |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Tour of Port of Norfolk |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Return to hotel – Dinner on your own |
| Thursday, March 4 |
| 7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast
Dean’s Welcome and PerspectivesDr. Alan Grant, Dean,
College of Agriculture and Live Sciences, Virginia Tech |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Agriculture Trade and Farm Income Outlook for 2010
Joe Glauber, Chief Economist USDA |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Country Customer and Competitor Perspectives
Representative of the Embassy of Brazil (invited)
Dan Rotenberg, Counselor, Agricultural Affairs EU
Representative of the Embassy of Canada (invited) |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Making it Happen
Bryan Taliaferro Jr.,
Vice President Montague Farms
Tom Host,
T. Parker Host, Co.
Shana Lawlor, President/CEO Alainn Exporting |
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Wrap Up
Wayne Pryor, President
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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