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WTO
Listening Session
Sacramento, California
| Co-Moderators: | William J.
Lyons, Secretary, California Department of Food and
Agriculture Sheldon R. Jones, Director, Arizona Department of Agriculture |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 29, 1999 | |
| Time: | 9:00 a.m. | |
| Place | State Capitol | |
| Panel: | Richard
Rominger, Deputy Secretary, USDA Jim Murphy, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Marc Baas, U.S. State Department Patricia Garamendi, USDA |
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| Speakers: |  William J. Lyons
California Department of Food and Agriculture |
Speaker
Antonio R. Villaraigosa |
| Richard
Rominger U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Jim Murphy U.S. Trade Representative's Office |
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| Marc Baas U.S. State Department |
Sarah Reyes California Assembly |
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| Jessica
Wasserman U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Patricia
Garamendi U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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| Sheldon R. Jones Arizona Department of Agriculture |
Mike Briggs California Assemblymen |
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| Lon Hatamiya California Commerce and Trade Secretary |
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| Jasper Hempel Western Growers Association |
Don Gordon Agriculture Council of California |
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| Bill Pauli California Farm Burea |
Sharan Lanini American Agri-Women |
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| Tom Avinelis California Oliver Association |
Bill Zech California Asparagus Committee |
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| Adin Hester Olive Growers Council of California |
Ron Schuler Cling Peach Advisory Board |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 2 |
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| Joe Rollo Wine Institute |
Randall Lange California Association of Wine Grape Growers |
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| Kathleen Nave California Table Grape Commission |
Pete Penner California Raisin Marketing Board |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 3 |
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| Meredith
Stephens California Association of Wheat Growers |
Ben Goodwin California Beet Growers |
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| Craig Pederson California Wheat Commission |
Michael Rue USA Rice Federation |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 4 |
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| Greg Thompson Prune Bargaining Association |
Steve Easter Blue Diamond Growers |
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| Ken Kaplan California Pistachio Commission |
David Miller California Tree Fruit Agreement |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 5 |
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| Bill Quarles Sunkist Growers |
Joel Nelsen U.S. Citrus Science Council |
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| Jean-Mari
Peltier California Citrus Quality Council |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 6 |
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| Roger
Baccigaluppi RB International |
Dr. Dan Sumner University of California |
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| Benjamin Taft California Administration Date Committee |
Glenn
Vandervoort Bard Valley medjool Date Growers Association |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 7 |
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| Diane Bowen California Certified Organic Farmers |
Jim Tillison Alliance of Western Milk Producers |
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| Gay Franklin Golden Valley |
Thomas Kramer Seminis Vegetable Seed, Inc. |
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| David
Letourneau Broken Branch Ranch |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 8 |
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| Tracy Hayward Hayward Enterprises |
Nancy
Thompson-Price Alliance for Democracy |
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| Robert Neenan California Grape and Tree Fruit League |
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| Questions
and Comments for Panel 9 |
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| Closing Remarks |
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| Download | Full transcript in word perfect format ( 481k) | |
| Full transcript in Adobe acrobat (.pdf format) ( 240k) | ||
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