{"id":1595,"date":"2011-07-22T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/usgc-annual-meeting-exploring-the-role-of-trade-policy-in-food-security\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:58:11","slug":"usgc-annual-meeting-exploring-the-role-of-trade-policy-in-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/usgc-annual-meeting-exploring-the-role-of-trade-policy-in-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"USGC Annual Meeting: Exploring the Role of Trade Policy in Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a background in trade policy and trade negotiations, Daniel Whitley will provide insight into how countries can benefit from trade and how trade policy can help a country become food secure at the U.S. Grains Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 51st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting next week in San Francisco, Calif.<\/p>\n

Whitley, deputy-director of Global Policy Analysis at the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), is a member of a panel being moderated by Ellen Levinson, who heads a consulting firm that specializes in government relations and international development.<\/p>\n

The panel will focus on different components of food security, encompassing everything from domestic production to the role of trade.<\/p>\n

At FAS, Whitley leads a team of agricultural and international economists who analyze global agricultural markets and advise senior government officials of market potential. He began his 13-year career working in trade policy and negotiating market access issues in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization. During the 2008 farm bill, he served as a senior agriculture fellow in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 51st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting, go to www.grains.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a background in trade policy and trade negotiations, Daniel Whitley will provide insight into how countries can benefit from trade and how trade policy can help a country become food secure at the U.S. Grains Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 51st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting next week in San Francisco, Calif. Whitley, deputy-director of Global Policy Analysis … <\/p>\n