Reform of trade-distorting national agricultural support policies is the central challenge to a successful conclusion of the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations. Thus, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's annual survey and analysis of current national agricultural support policies is of central importance in assessing what is on the table in the negotiations, including the impact of new reform proposals from key players such as the United States and the European Union. At this seminar, an OECD representative will present the 2004 findings, and a group of experts will discuss the prospects for a successful outcome of the agricultural trade negotiations.

9:45 a.m.	Registration
10:00	Presenter:	Ken Ash, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
	Discussants:	Mary Bohman, U.S. Department of Agriculture
		Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
		Tassos Haniotis, deputy head of the cabinet of the EU commissioner for agriculture
	Moderator:	Claude Barfield, AEI
11:30	Adjournment