IV ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON TRADE AND COMPETITION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (WGTC)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic . November  05 to 06, 2014 . Hotel Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort and Convention Centre Punta Cana.

DRAFT AGENDA

 First day (Wednesday, 5 November 2014) 

15:30-16:00 REGISTRATION

 
16:00-17:00 OPENING SESSION
  • José Del Castillo Saviñón, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Dominican Republic.
  • Michelle Cohen, Presidenta, Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia de la República Dominicana
  • Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA.
  • Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD.

 

High-Level Section

 

LITIGATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AND UNDERLYING COMPETITION ISSUES
Moderator: Representative of Dominican Republic
  • Ambassador Guillermo Valles, Director of the Division on International Trade and Commodities (DITC), UNCTAD.
  • Fernando Piérola, Senior Lawyer of the Advisory Centre on WTO Law.
  • Pedro Páez, Superintendent, Superintendence for Control of Market Power of Ecuador.
  • Delroy Beckford, Legal Counsel, Jamaica Fair Trade Commission.
  • Márcio Naves de Lima, Director of International Negotiations, Secretary of Foreign Trade of Brazil.

 

Debate

 
17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK

 
17:15-19:00 SESSION I: TRADE AND COMPETITION IN THE FOOD MARKET: THE EFFECTS OF PURCHASING POWER ON THE FOOD CHAIN
Moderator: Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Juan Luis Crucelegui, Deputy Director, Competition and Consumer Protection for Latin America Programme, UNCTAD.
  • Heloísa Guimarães Menezes, Secretary of Production Development of Brazil.
  • Fabián Pettigrew, Member, National Commission for the Defense of Competition of Argentina.

 


Debate

 
19:30-20:00 WELCOME COCKTAIL

 
20:00 DINNER

 

Second day (Thursday, 6 November 2014)

 

09:00-10:30 SESSION II: COLLUSION AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: CASE STUDIES
Moderator: Pierre Horna, Head of the COMPAL Programme, UNCTAD

 


Debate

 
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:00-12:30 SESSION III: AIR TRANSPORT AND FREE COMPETITION
Moderator: Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

 


Debate

 
12:30-14:00 SESSION IV: MASS MEDIA AS STRATEGIC TOOLS FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMPETITION
Moderator: Representative of the Dominican Republic.

 


Debate

 
14:00-15:00 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
15:00-16:30 SESSION V: COMPETIITION POLICY AND TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES
Moderator: Juan Luis Crucelegui, Deputy Director, Competition and Consumer Protection for Latin America Programme, UNCTAD.
  • Alberto Lozano, President, Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Competition (CDPC) of Honduras.
  • Michael Wason, Chief Economist, Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Barbados.
  • Márcio Naves de Lima, Director of International Negotiations, Secretary of Foreign Trade of Brazil.
  • John Cusipuma Frisancho, Coordinator of the team for Trade Defense and Competition Policy, Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade of Peru.
  • Delroy Beckford, Legal Counsel, Jamaica Fair Trade Commission

 


Debate

 
16:30-17:30 SESSION VI: FUTURE OF THE WORKING GROUP: NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE WGTC OR POSSIBILITY TO INCORPORATE OR MERGE IT WITH OTHER REGIONAL INITIATIVES

 

This session will serve to discuss the future prospects of the WGTC

 
17:30-18:00 COFFEE BREAK

 
18:00-18:30 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 
18:30-19:00 CLOSING SESSION

 

In charge of officials from Dominican Republic, SELA and UNCTAD