EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTB

School panel will discuss how the WTO can help poor nations

DATE: 5 p.m. Nov. 5, 2003

EVENT: Public forum on “What Can the World Trade Organization Do to Help Poor Countries?”

PLACE: Hale Auditorium at the University of Michigan Business School’s Assembly Hall

BACKGROUND: Panelists include: Gerard Depayre, deputy head of the European Commission to the United States; Alejandro Jara, Chilean ambassador to the WTO; Alberto Trejos, minister of trade for Costa Rica; Alan Deardorff, research fellow at the William Davidson Institute (WDI) and U-M professor of international economics and public policy; and Katherine Terrell, WDI researcher and U-M professor of business and public policy.

SPONSOR: William Davidson Institute at the Michigan Business School

WEB LINKS: William Davidson Institute