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"Common Ground in Trade Policy"
Forum 5  ·  October 23, 2002  ·
On October 23, 2002, a Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held in Washington, DC. The overall goal of the conference was to encourage nonpartisan thinking about important trade issues. The first panel addressed U.S. concerns about overseas working conditions while the second focused on sharing the gains of globalization worldwide.

Transcripts, video, and audio of the conference may be accessed from this page. Transcripts are in pdf format; video and audio stream in RealNetworks.
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Text Transcripts of event

US Concerns About Overseas Working Conditions

Moderator: Paul Rothstein
Panelist 1: Murray Weidenbaum
Panelist 2: Sherman Katz
Panelist 3: William Klinefelter

Sharing the Gains of Globalization

Moderator: Marvin Kosters
Panelist 1: Lael Brainard
Panelist 2: William Cline

Lunch Speaker

William Brock

Background information

International agencies

The World Bank
International Monetary Fund
World Bank Boycott homepage

Executive Agencies and Congressional Offices

Federal Trade Comission
Department of Commerce
Office of the US Trade Representatives
International Trade Administration
US International Trade Commission

Public Policy Organizations and Thinktanks

Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies
Foreign Policy in Focus
Centre for Economic Policy Research
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Global Development
American Enterprise Institute
The Brookings Institute