TAFTA negotiators

This is the list of known negotiators for TAFTA/TTIP.

See also: https://correctiv.org/en/investigations/ttip/dealer/

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Voir aussi : https://correctiv.org/en/investigations/ttip/dealer/

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EU

Overall Coordination

Ignacio Garcia Bercero

Chief Negotiator, director at the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission (DG TRADE)

Ignacio Garcia Bercero is a Director in DG Trade of the European Commission. Since 2012 he has been responsible for overseeing EC activities in the fields of Neighbouring Countries, US and Canada as well as being the Chief Negotiator for the EU- India FTA. He coordinated the work of the EU-US High Level Working Group on Growth and Jobs, which recommended the launch of TTIP negotiations.

Working at the European Commission since 1987, from 2005 until 2011 he worked in the areas of Sustainable Development, Bilateral Trade Relations (South Asia, South East Asia, Korea, EuroMed and the Middle East). He was also the Chief Negotiator for the EU-Korea and EU-India Free Trade Agreements. Before that, he worked in the areas of WTO Dispute Settlement, and Trade Barriers Regulation .In the period leading to the launch of the DDA negotiations, he was working on overall coordination of WTO Policy and was Chief Negotiator on Trade and Competition. During the Uruguay Round, he followed, inter alia, negotiations on Safeguards, GATT Articles, Functioning of the GATT and Trade and Environment. He has also been posted in the EU Delegation to the United Nations in New York.

He has written several papers and publications on the subjects of Trade Laws, GATT and WTO System, Safeguard Measures, Trade and Competition, DSU Reform and Dispute Settlement in European FTAs.

Mr Garcia Bercero has a Law Degree from the Law Faculty of Universidad Complutense, Madrid and a Master of Laws Degree ( with Distinction) from University College , London.

Source: http://www.eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=197&page_id=1668#s2554

Damien Levie

Deputy Chief Negotiator / Market Access for Goods

Negotiating Area Leaders

John Clarke

Agriculture & Processed Agriculture Products - Intellectual Property (DG Agriculture and Rural Development)

John Clarke was born in England in 1958, and has a first class Honours degree and an MPhil in literature and politics from the University of London. Mr Clarke joined the European Commission in 1993. He was Head of Unit for WTO Affairs from 2004 to 2007 and was then appointed Deputy Head of the European Commission Delegation to the international organisations in Geneva.

Mr Clarke was Chargé d'Affaires of the EU Delegation in 2010, representing the EU in the WTO, and the UN agencies. In January 2011 Mr Clarke was appointed Director International Affairs in DG Agriculture and Rural Development, responsible for relations including FTAs with Asia and Latin American countries, neighbourhood policy and EU enlargements.

Before joining the European Commission, Mr Clarke worked from 1983 to 1993 for the Hong Kong Government, positions including Assistant Secretary for broadcasting policy, Deputy Secretary of the Executive Council, member of the HK delegation to the GATT during the Uruguay Round, and Deputy Head of the HK Office in Brussels.

Source: http://www.eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=197&page_id=1668#s2554

Jean-Marc Trarieux

Agriculture & Processed Agriculture Products (DG Agriculture and Rural Development)

Zoltan Somogyi

Agriculture & Processed Agriculture Products

Antonis Kastrissianakis

Rules of Origin / Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Customs and Trade Facilitation (DG Taxation and Customs Union)

Fernando Perreau de Pinninck

Rules of Origin / Regulatory Cluster - Overall co-ordination

Marco Düerkop

Négociateur en charge des services Services and Investment - Services / Sub-group on regulatory cooperation in financial services
Directeur adjoint de l’unité services commerciaux Direction services, investissement, propriété intellectuelle, marchés publics Direction Générale du Commerce

Martin Merlin

Services and Investment - Sub-group on regulatory cooperation in financial services (DG Internal Market and Services)

Leopoldo Rubinacci

Services and Investment - Investment

Colin Brown

Services and Investment - Investor-State Dispute Settlement Directeur adjoint de l’unité aspects légaux de la politique commerciale Direction OMC, affaires juridiques, commerce de biens Direction Générale du Commerce

Geraldine Emberger

Regulatory Cluster - Horizontal Chapter on Regulatory Issues; Regulatory Coherence

Paul De Lusignan

Regulatory Cluster - TBT
Négociateur en charge des barrières techniques au commerce - Directeur de l’unité négociations tarifaires et non-tarifaires, règles d’origine - Direction OMC, affaires juridiques, commerce de biens - Direction Générale du Commerce

Philippe Jean

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Cars (DG Enterprise and Industry)

Carsten Schittek

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Cars

Birgit Weidel

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Machinery and electronics (DG Enterprise and Industry)
Négociateur en charge des appareils électroniques - Directrice adjointe de l’unité industries d’ingénierie - Direction industries de base, manufacturières, et biens de consommation - Direction Générale Entreprises et Industrie

Pablo Neira

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Machinery and electronics

Klaus Berend

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Chemicals (DG Enterprise and Industry)

Dr. Klaus Berend joined the European Commission in 1994 and is currently Head of Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General Enterprise & Industry, responsible for the implementation of the EU Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), which sets out the overall framework for regulating chemicals in the EU.

Before, he was Head of Unit in DG Enterprise & Industry, responsible for EU legislation on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), detergents, fertilisers, drug precursors, explosives and pyrotechnic articles. The unit also dealt with the sustainability and competitiveness of the chemicals industry in the European Union.

Previously, he was Deputy Head of Unit in the Commission’s Directorate General for Environment, Unit Biotechnology & Pesticides, where he co-ordinated the work concerning biocides, plant protection products and the Community’s participation in the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC).

He studied chemistry at the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg, and Stanford, and obtained a PhD in polymer chemistry from the University of Freiburg (Germany).

Source: http://www.eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=197&page_id=1668#s2554

Benjamin Musall

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Chemicals

Laurent Selles

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Medical devices (DG Health and Consumers)

Ivone Kaizeler

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Medical devices

Sébastien Goux

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Pharmaceuticals (DG Health and Consumers)

Expérience dans les OGM

European Commission DG SANCO (santé et consommation). Dr. Goux has a scientific background (Bioengineer, MSc in Soil Science and Environmental Pollution, and PhD in Agronomy). For 5 years, he worked in the Belgian Ministry of Health where he contributed to the implementation of the Novel Food legislation and to the co- ordination of official controls on GMOs and food contaminants. He joined the European Commission in 2005. Since that time, he has contributed to the implementation of the EU legislation on GMOs and in particular on GM food and feed. source : http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/gmplants/docs/gmo110331-biographies.pdf voir aussi : http://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=197&page_id=1668

Compte-rendu d'une intervention orale à propos d'une pétition présentée par le Dr. Brian John "The importance of impartiality within EFSA & the food safety rights of EU citizens (No. 0813/2008)" à caractère apparemment dilatoire: voir http://www.gmfreecymru.org/news/Press_Notice28April2010.htm

Roman Mokry

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Cosmetics (DG Health and Consumers)

Constantin Livas

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Textiles TBT (DG Enterprise and Industry)

Lorenzo Terzi

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (DG Health and Consumers)

Ulrich Weigl

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Anders Jessen

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Public Procurement
Négociateur en charge des marchés publics
Directeur de l’unité propriété intellectuelle, marchés publics - Direction services, investissement, propriété intellectuelle, marchés publics - Direction Générale du Commerce

Pedro Velasco Martins

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Intellectual Property
Négociateur en charge de la propriété intellectuelle Directeur adjoint de l’unité propriété intellectuelle, marchés publics Direction services, investissement, propriété intellectuelle, marchés publics Direction Générale du Commerce

Raimundo Serra

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Intellectual Property (GIs) (DG Agriculture and Rural Development)

Monika Hencsey

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Trade and Sustainable Development (labour and environment)

Christophe Kiener

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Competition Policy; State Owned Enterprises and other enterprises benefiting from special government granted rights; Subsidies

Blanca Rodriguez

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Competition Policy; State Owned Enterprises and other enterprises benefiting from special government granted rights; Subsidies (DG Competition)

Petros Sourmelis

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Trade-related Aspects of Raw Materials and Energy

Denis Redonnet

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Customs and Trade Facilitation - SMEs - Other rules
Négociateur en charge des petites et moyennes entreprises
Directeur de l’unité stratégie commerciale - Direction stratégie commerciale, analyse, accès au marché - Direction Générale du Commerce

Luca De Carli

Sectoral Annexes on Trade in Goods - Dispute Settlement

US (The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR))

Overall Coordination

Dan Mullaney

Chief Negotiator

David Weiner

Deputy Chief Negotiator

Kate Kalutkiewicz

Assistant Chief Negotiator

Isabella Detwiler

Negotiating Team Coordinator

Negotiating Area Leads

Mary Lisa Madell

Agricultural Market Access

David Weiner

Competition

Thomas Fine

Cross-Border Services

Dawn Shackleford

Customs and Trade Facilitation

Robb Tanner

Electronic Commerce and Telecommunications

Jean Kemp

Energy and Raw Materials

David Oliver

Environment

Amanda Yarusso-Horan

Financial Services

Gavin Buckley

Financial Services

Scott Pietan

Government Procurement

George York

Intellectual Property Rights

Jai Motwane

Investment

Carlos Romero

Labor

Amy Karpel

Legal/Institutional Issues

Matthew Jaffe

Legal/Institutional Issues

Arrow Augerot

Localization Barriers

Sushan Demirjian

Market Access and Industrial Goods Tariffs

Mary Thornton

Market Access and Industrial Goods Tariffs

Rachel Shub

Regulatory Coherence and Transparency

Jason Bernstein

Rules of Origin

Mary Lisa Madell

Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures

Jim Sanford

Sectoral Annexes/Regulatory Cooperation

Barbara Norton

Sectoral Annexes/Regulatory Cooperation

Christina Sevilla

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Victor Mroczka

State-Owned Enterprises

Julia Doherty

Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

Gail Strickler

Textiles

Caroyl Miller

Textiles

Victor Mroczka

Trade Remedies

France

?, Ministre

Représentant de la France au Conseil de l’Union européenne, formation affaires étrangères (partie politique commerciale commune)

Etienne Oudot de Dainville, Sous-directeur Direction générale du Trésor

Représentant titulaire de la France au Comité de politique commerciale de l'Union européenne

=== Aymeric Pontvianne, Chef du bureau, Direction générale du Trésor === Représentant suppléant de la France au Comité de politique commerciale de l'Union européenne diplômé de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris est un ancien élève de l’ENA (promotion Romain Gary en 2005), la même promotion que l’actuel ministre du commerce extérieur, Matthias Fekl). Maître des requêtes au Conseil d’État, chef de bureau pour la politique commerciale de l’OMC et des accords commerciaux de l’Union Européenne, il est le représentant suppléant de la France au Comité de politique commerciale de l’Union Européenne.