At this conference, economists from around the globe gathered to share insights on the challenges facing the ongoing WTO negotiations, the Doha Development Agenda. In the current negotiations, agriculture is at the forefront given existing high levels of protection and its importance to less developed countries. The expected outcome of the agricultural negotiations and its impact on domestic economies, the environment, and the future of international trade relations were among the many issues addressed at the conference.

• Regionalism: Old and New, Theory and Practice, by Mary E. Burfisher (Economic Research Service, USDA), Sherman Robinson (IFPRI) and Karen Thierfelder (U.S. Naval Academy)
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• Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection and Investments in the Development and Food Security Boxes by Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla (IFPRI), Xinshen Diao (IFPRI) and Sherman Robinson (IFPRI)
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• Special and Differential Treatment in Agricultural Negotiations by Anwarul Hoda (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) and Ashok Gulati (IFPRI)
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• Università della Calabria, Italy
• University of California, Davis
• Economic Research Service, USDA
• International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC)
• Farm Foundation

• Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Netherlands
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• European Commission
• Farm Foundation
• Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
• International Food Policy Research Institute
• Italian National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA)
• Italian National Research Council (CNR)
• National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA), France