THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

THE PERUVIAN ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

AND

THE EMBASSY OF PERU

PRESENT

The Free Trade Negotiations Between

The United States and the Andean Nations:

Challenges and Opportunities for Peru

Thursday, October 7, 2004

Washington, DC

8:30 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 SESSION I: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

James Ferrer, Jr. Director, The Center for Latin American Issues (CLAI)

Eduardo Ferrero, Ambassador of Peru to the United States of America

Carlos Aramburú, Executive Director, Peruvian Economic and Social Research Consortium (CIES)

Mario Torres – Moderator

9:20 SESSION II: TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN THE AMERICAS: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

The Nexus between Trade and Cooperation

Robert Devlin, Inter American Development Bank, Deputy Manager, Integration and Regional Programs Department

Antoni Estevadeordal, Inter American Development Bank, Principal Economist, Integration and Regional Programs Department

DISCUSSION

10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:30 SESSION III: USA - ANDEAN FREE TRADE AREA: A PERUVIAN PERSPECTIVE

The Challenge of Strengthening National Trading Capacities

Mercedes Araoz, Lead, Peruvian Team on Trade Capacity-Building for the USA - Andean FTA Negotiations; Associate Professor & Researcher, Universidad del Pacífico

Identifying Costs and Benefits: The Need for a Research Agenda

Alan Fairlie, Coordinator, Latin American Trade Network (LATN); Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Peru, LimaDISCUSSION

11:50 CLOSING REMARKS

James Ferrer, Jr., CLAI