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“The U.S.-Chile Free Trade
Agreement:
Opportunities for Louisiana Business” |
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Keynote Speaker:
H.E. Andres Bianchi
Ambassador
of Chile to the United States |
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A Luncheon Seminar
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The
Plimsoll Club
World Trade Center of New Orleans
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driving directions to the WTC.
(Free
validated parking in the WTC Garage)
The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
is a landmark accord that will boost trade and investment
opportunities for a wide range of U.S. businesses, including
manufacturers, service providers, and farmers. Among its benefits,
the FTA will immediately eliminate tariffs on 85% of consumer and
industrial goods. The agreement also promises greater access for
American companies to Chilean financial and professional services
and substantially improved protection for investment and
intellectual property rights. When implemented, the U.S.-Chile FTA
will be the first comprehensive trade agreement between the United
States and a South American country.
| AGENDA |
| 11:00 – 11:10 a.m. |
WELCOMING REMARKS |
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Donna D. Fraiche, President, World Trade
Center
Mark Smith, Director, Western Hemisphere
Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
| 11:10 – 11:40 a.m. |
FACES OF TRADE WITH CHILE: LOUISIANA SUCCESS
STORIES |
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Chair: Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade
Advisor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jim Dartez, President, Royce Technologies, and
Chairman, Louisiana District Export Council
John T. Hyatt, Vice President, The Irwin Brown
Company
David P. Schulingkamp, Commissioner, Port of New
Orleans |
| 11:40 – 11:50 a.m. |
QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION |
| 11:50 – 12:30 p.m. |
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. - CHILE FTA ON
CAPITOL HILL |
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Chair: William C. Lane, Washington Manager,
International, Caterpillar Inc.
William Morley, Vice President, Congressional
Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ambassador John O’Leary, President, Chilean-
American Chamber of Commerce
Brian Gunderson, Chief of Staff to the U.S.
Trade Representative |
| 12:30 – 12:45 p.m. |
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION |
| 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Angel Carreras,
Honorary Consul of Chile
Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Andrés Bianchi,
Ambassador of the Republic of Chile |
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Lead Sponsor
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Other Sponsoring
Organizations |
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Honorary Consulate of Chile
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In Cooperation With
- Ark-La-Tex Regional Export
& Technology Center
- Baton Rouge Center for World
Affairs
- Consular Corps of New Orleans
International Freight Forwarders
- and Customs Brokers Association
of New Orleans
- International Trade Council/Red
River Region
- Le Centre International de
Lafayette
- Louisiana District Export
Council
- Louisiana International Trade
Center/SBDC
- Louisiana International Trade
Commission
- Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
- Louisiana Technology Council
- New Orleans U.S. Export
Assistance Center
- World Affairs Council of New
Orleans
- World Trade Club of Greater New
Orleans
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Cost: $35 for members of the sponsoring organizations and
companies. $50 for non-members.
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Registration and prepayment are
required
by May 12, 10:00 a.m. |
If you are a WTC member, the registration fee can be
charged to your account number noted on the registration form.
All registrations on this site are done over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) line.
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