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At an event hosted by MEP Jim Nicholson and sponsored by Starch Europe, decision-makers and stakeholders from both side of the Atlantic discussed what it would take to establish a fair level playing field in the agri-food sector when trade of agricultural raw materials and transformed products, such as ethanol and starch, is liberalised. Ensuring a fair level playing field in a newly opened transatlantic market will require that the specificities and sensitivities of all sectors are duly taken into account by the negotiators.

The program on 20 October

19:15: Welcome - Jim Nicholson, MEP, tonight’s host
19:20: Gianfranco Patrucco, President, Starch Europe
19:30 Panel discussion : TTIP from both sides -A fair and level playing field?
Moderator: Jacki Davis

  • Cristina Rueda Catry, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, European Commission
  • Jim Higgiston, Minister Counsellor, Agriculture U.S. Mission to the European Union
  • Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, COPA-COGECA
  • Bénédicte Masure, Deputy Director General, European Dairy Association and Chair, Food Drink Europe Trade working group
  • Jamie Fortescue, Managing Director, Starch Europe

20:45: Closing Comments

Highlights

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