(DLG). The targeted Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the USA is currently the subject of lively debate. Instead of assessing the benefits rationally and weighing up the risks impartially, opinion is being stirred with emotions and half-truths. What is the current stage of the negotiations? What must animal farmers in the EU and the USA expect? Experts from the EU, the USA and Germany will be providing answers to these questions at first hand in a lecture and discussion event at the world's leading trade fair for animal production professionals, EuroTier in Hanover, on 12 November 2014. The event will be held at 16:00 h on Wednesday, 12 November 2014, in the Convention Center (CC), Room 3 B. The conference language is English and all EuroTier 2014 ticket holders can attend. For organizational reasons registration is required – this is possible at http://www.eurotier.com/tagungen.html.
The event is being organized by DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft – German Agricultural Society) and IPPE (International Production & Processing Expo), Atlanta (USA).
Programme
Welcome
Carl-Albrecht Bartmer, DLG President
EU-U.S. TTIP negotiations and agriculture – a European perspective
Jean-Marc Trarieux, Head of Unit, The Americas, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission”
TTIP´s implications for European animal producers
Dr. Martin Banse, Thünen-Institute, Head Institute for Market Analysis
TTIP´s implications for US animal producers
Gina Tumbarello, Director International Policy and Trade, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), USA
Panel discussion
Presenter
Dietrich Holler, Head of Communications, DLG e.V, Frankfurt am Main
More information: www.eurotier.com
