We are pleased to invite you to our next Food & Beverage Working Group Meeting on Friday 16th September at 8:30am
Agenda
1) Introduction to the EU-China Programme to Support China's Integration into the World Trading System - Presentation by Philippa Kelly, Senior Adviser for Agriculture, Quarantine and Standards
2) Label Application Procedure: Position Paper update and follow-up with AQSIQ - suggestions for
Final version, official press release in Beijing and meetings with Chinese Authorities
3) Food & Beverage Working Group Forward Agenda and Action Plan 2005/06
WG discussion topics and lobbying actions
Speaker's bio:
Philippa Kelly studied Chinese and economics at Oxford University. In the 1980?? and early 90?? she worked in the Economics Department of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. For many years she was the managing editor of the journal Asian Pacific Economic Literature.
In 1994 she joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 1999 she was posted to Beijing where she was responsible for bilateral and multilateral trade policy issues. During the accession and post accession period she closely followed agricultural trade policy issues. When her posting with the Australian government finished in late 2003, she was invited by the Delegation of the European Commission to join their new trade related technical assistance project responsible for agriculture and SPS issues.
Please do not hesitate to submit specific issues you would like to discuss ahead of the meeting.
Thank you for confirming your attendance at your earliest convenience on dmartin@euccc.com.cn.