THE KINGDOM'S ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND IT'S IMPACT ON FOOD SECTOR
Riyadh 6-7/2/2006

First Day 6/2/2006

• Impact of accession of The Kingdom to WTO on the food sector in The Kingdom.
• The WTO and the Agreement relevant to the food sector:
  • An outline of the WTO's Agreements on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and on Technical Barriers to Trade TBT: their aims , scope and disciplines
• Perspectives for the international food trade in a world with extended food trade threatened by food hazards and scares.
• The WTO Agreements and trade matters
  • International standards organizations and private standards.
  • Equivalence as trade promoter .
  • Precaution and trade.

Second Day 7/2/2006

• The WTO Agreements and trade matters
  • Technical Barriers to Trade and their impact.
  • Transparency and notification as facilitators.
• The European Union approach to food impacts regulation.
• Food safety impact on Food trade.
• The practice of the SPS and TBT Agreement
  • The SPS and TBT committees.
  • International disputes
  • Developing countries and the Agreements.
• Experience of Saudi private sector with food export.
• Experience of Saudi private sector with food imports.
• Fulfilling the agreements .
• Case studies.
• General Discussion and Closure of Workshop