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Carlos M. Gutierrez, US Secretary of Commerce
Welcoming Remarks:
Richard Fisher, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Economic Policy in the Hemisphere: Successes and Failures
Moderator: Kathleen Cooper, Tower Center, SMU
Sidney Weintraub, Center for Strategic and International Studies
William Glade, University of Texas-Austin: A New Inflection Point in Hemispheric Economic Policies?
The Latin American Experience: From Populism to the Rule of Law
Moderator: Thomas Osang, Economics, SMU
Argentina -- Luigi Manzetti, Tower Center & Political Science, SMU: Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Re-Privatization in Latin America
Venezuela – Charles H. Blake , James Madison University: The Dynamics of Economic Integration in Venezuela
Brazil – Peter Kingstone, University of Connecticut: Sobering Up and Going Global: Brazil’s Progress from Populism and Protectionism
Mexico -- Pamela Starr, University of Southern California: Neither Populism nor the Rule of Law: The Future of Market Reform in Mexico
12:00 to 2 pm Lunch & Discussion, Jones Room
Terry Collin Williams, International Trade, Canada: A Canadian perspective on Trade Integration in the Americas (speech)
Legal and Institutional Dimensions of Reform
Moderator: Joe Norton, SMU Law School
Teresa Genta Fons, World Bank: Building Legal Systems for Global Integration: A Development Perspective for the Latin American Context
Mauricio Baquero, Universidad Externado, Bogota
Marcos Valadao, Catholic University of Brazilia: Washington Consensus and Latin America Integration: Mercosur and the Road to Regional Inconsistencies –Where We Are Exactly Going? (outline)
Chelsea Brown, Tower Center
The Future of Latin American Policy Reforms and Hemispheric Free Trade
Moderator: James F. Hollifield, Director, Tower Center
Michael Lusztig, SMU Political Science: Canada and the Washington Consensus
Matthew M. Rooney, U.S. Department of State
William Gruben, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas