Organized Symposium Proposal

Organizer: Multistate Research Project, S1043, “Economic Impacts of International Trade and Domestic Policies on Southern Agricultureā€

Contact Person:
Suzanne Thornsbury
USDA Economic Research Service
355 E Street SW
Washington, DC
20024-3221 USA
202-694-5238
sthornsbury@ers.usda.gov

Title: Cuba: Prospects and Issues for Agricultural Trade
Moderator:
Dr. David Schweikhardt
Michigan State University
schweikh@anr.msu.edu

Participants

Cassandra Copeland, Curtis Jolly and Henry Thompson; E-Mail:  thomph1@auburn.edu
“The History and Potential of Trade Between Cuba and the US”

Flynn Adcock and Dan Hanselka; Email: fjadcock@tamu.edu
“Economic Impacts of U.S. Exports to Cuba on the South”

Jonathan Coleman and William Messina, Jr.; Emails: jonathan.coleman@usitc.gov
and wamess@ufl.edU
“The Evolving Role of the United States as a Major Food Supplier to Cuba”

Discussants: Daniel Whitley (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service; daniel.whitley@fas.usda.gov) and Andrew Schmitz (University of Flori