As part of the Global Trade Preference Reform Working Group, a series of consultation meetings were held in four countries with the objective of obtaining feedback on key points that were discussed on trade preference program reform and coordination during the first Working Group meeting in Washington, DC. The consultation meetings were held in Jaipur and New Delhi, India (June 22 and June 24/25 respectively); Dhaka, Bangladesh (June 29/30); London, Great Britain (July 2/3); Nairobi, Kenya (August 02/03); and Washington (September 25). The meetings in Jaipur, New Delhi and Kenya were facilitated by CUTS (Consumer Unity & Trust Society) International, the meeting in Dhaka was facilitated by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), and the meeting in London was facilitated by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
Summaries of and participants in of each meeting are available below, describing the key issues that were raised and the relative level of support for specific proposals.
Participants in consultation meetings co-hosted by the Center for Global Development:
Jaipur, India – Co-hosted by CUTS International
Meeting summary
Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
Atul Kaushik, Director, CUTS Geneva Resource Centre
Victor Ogalo Omondi, Project Officer, CUTS NRC (Nairobi Resource Centre)
Angela Mulenga, Centre Coordinator, CUTS-CITEE, Africa Resource Centre
Anwarul Hoda, IAS Retd. Former Member Planning Commission of India
Archana Jatkar, Assistant Policy Analyst, CUTS International
Datuk M. Supperamaniam, Former Ambassador / Permanent Representative of Malaysia to WTO
Fred Miencha, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
Gijsbert Van Liemt, Sweden
Joseph George, Research Associate, CUTS International
Kibre Moges, Senior Researcher, Trade & Industry Research Division, Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute
Kimera Henry Richard, Chief Executive, Consumer Education Trust of Uganda
M. A. Razzaque, Economic Adviser, Economic Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
Mohammed Abu Eusuf, Associate Professor,Department of Development Studies
Mosadeq Sahebdin, Secretary General, Institute for Consumer Protection
Mukasa Misusera, Director of Programmes, Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations
N. C. Pahariya, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences & Head, Dept. of Economics University of Rajasthan
Posh Raj Pandey, President South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment
Pranav Kumar, Senior Trade Policy Adviser, British High Commission
Rashmi Banga, Senior Economist, UNCTAD
S. V. Divvaakar, Managing Director, Ace Global Private Limited
Selim Raihan, Executive Director, South Asia Network on Economic Modelling
Shaheen Rafi Khan, Research Fellow, Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Siddhartha Mitra, Director (Research), CUTS & Head, CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CUTS-CITEE)
New Delhi, India – Co-hosted by CUTS International
Meeting summary
Bipul Chatterjee, Deputy Executive Director of CUTS
Ajay Sahai, Director General, Federation of Indian Export Organisations
A. K. Khatua, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ali Ahmed Khan, Regional Director, Northern Region, Council for Leather Exports
Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Small & Medium Enterprises
Banasri Nag, Coordinator, Gender and Trade Initiative
Bidisha Ganguly, Senior Director, Confederation of Indian Industry
Biswajit Dhar, Director General, Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries
D. K. Nair, Secretary General, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry
D. S. Rawat, Secretary General, The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
Darlie O. Koshy, Director General, Apparel Export Promotion Council
Disha Banerjee, Senior Director, North Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association
Kewal K. Duggal, Regional Director, The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council
Linu Mathew Philip, Acting Head, Centre for Trade and Development
Manab Majumdar, Senior Director, WTO & Foreign Trade Division, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Nitya Nanda, Fellow, Centre for Global Agreements, Legislations, and Trade Resources and Global Security, The Energy and Resources Institute
Pravin Gupta, General Manager, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Agency
R. S. Ratna, Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Rajiv Kumar, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Rashmi Banga, Senior Economist, UNCTAD India Programme
Samir Gandhi, Advocate, Economic Laws Practice
Sugato Sen, Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures
T. S. Vishwanath, Principal Advisor, APJ-SLG Law Offices,
Vishnu Mathur, Executive Director cum President, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Co-hosted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Meeting Minutes
Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director, Center for Policy Dialogue
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, CPD
Abdul Hai Sarker, President, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
Adnan Nafis, Senior Assistant Secretary, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association
Annisul Huq, President, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Farooq Ahmed, Secretary General, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ferdaus Ara Begum, Additional Secretary, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Kamran T Rahman, President, Bangladesh Employers’ Federation
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Policy Dialogue
M A Baset, Second Vice-President, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association
Md Fazlul Hoque, President, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA)
Md Shamsuddoha, General Secretary, Equity and Justice Working Group
Mostafa Abid Khan, Joint Chief, Bangladesh Tariff Commission
Narayan Chandra Nath, Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Nazneen Ahmed, Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director, COAST Trust
Selim Raihan, Associate Professor Dhaka University and Chairman, South Asia Network on Economic Modelling
Suhel Ahmed Choudhury, Former Secretary and Chairman, Janata Bank
Syed Nasim Manzur, Managing director, Apex Footwear Ltd and Apex Pharmaceutical Ltd
Wajedul Islam Khan, General Secretary, Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra
London, UK – Co-hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Meeting summary
Susan Prowse, Overseas Development Institute
Bishnodat Persaud, Senior Associate, Waitrose
Bonita Meyersfeld, Legal Advisor
Brandon de la Cuesta
Brenda Wills, Second Secretary (Trade Policy), Government of Canada
Cathryn Law, Head of Marketing Policy, Department for International Development, UK
Claire Morris, Environmental Assessor
David Kleimann, Program Associate Economic Policy Program, German Marshall Fund
Deodatus Mnzava, Consultant
Emily Jones, Oxford University
Eva Oskam, Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands
Evious Zgovu, Visiting Research Fellow
Franck Dossa, Media Liaison
Helen Hawthorne, Research Student, City University, London
Jakob Engel, Department for International Development, UK
Jodie Keane, Overseas Development Institute
Johanna Cowan, Department of Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform, UK
John Cooke, Chairman, Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee, International Financial Services London
Ken Shadlen, Development Studies Institute
Lucia Cherinda, First Secretary, High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique
Malcolm Harrison, Head of Procurement, Nestle
Marcus Ranney, Doctor, University College London
Massimiliano Cali, Overseas Development Institute
Matthew Geddes, Overseas Development Institute
Mauricio Galindo, Research Officer, International Coffee Organisation
Michael Davenport, individually employed
Michael Gasiorek, University of Sussex
Nichodemus Rudaheranwa, Economic Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
Olivia Roberts, Senior Researcher, British Medical Association
Opi Outhwaite, Researcher
Payal Anand, Aid 4 International Development
Peter Youngm, Deputy Head of Unit, Trade and Development Unit, European Commission
Rachel Phillipson, Independent Consultant / Economist
Sheila Page, Overseas Development Institute
Veronika Thiel, Researcher/Project Manager
Meetings summary overview for Jaipur, New Delhi, Dhaka, and London, by Randall Soderquist.
Washington, DC – Hosted by the Center for Global Development
Meeting summary
Kimberly Elliott, Center for Global Development (Co-Chair)
Randall Soderquist, Center for Global Development (Co-Chair)
Laura Baughman, Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC
Elena Bryan, Office of U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Fisher, Hills & Company International Consultants
Susan Flack, Target Corporation
Kim Frankena, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Mikiko Imai, ONE
Andrew J. Samet, Sorini , Samet & Associates, LLC
Katrin Kuhlmann, Trade, Aid, and Security Coalition
Steve Lande, Manchester Trade
Nicola Lightner, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Kate McNulty, U.S. Department of State
Danielle Mutone-Smith, Women Thrive Worldwide
Warren Payne, House Ways & Means Committee
Anupama Prattipati, U.S. Department of State
Marguerite Trossevin, Jochum Shore & Trossevin, PC and Black Swan, LLC