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European Union cabinet member will discuss emerging agricultural trade issues during Fanning Lecture

By Jennifer Freeman
jdeprima@uga.edu

Anastassios Haniotis, a member of the agriculture commission cabinet for the European Union, will deliver the 2001 J.W. Fanning Lecture, entitled “Emerging Agricultural Trade Issues: Challenges for European Union and United States Policy.” The lecture, sponsored by the department of agricultural and applied economics and open free to the public, will be held in room E/F of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at 11 a.m. on Nov. 28.
Haniotis will discuss the differences and similarities of U.S. and EU agricultural policy over the past 10 years. The European Union is the world’s largest food importer; over the years, its production policies have become closely linked with those of the United States. Haniotis has recently tackled issues of divergent regulatory approaches toward agricultural and food production.
“In general, U.S. policies tend to be more supply-driven, while EU policies are demand-driven, dominated by consumer concerns,” he says. Major policy differences between the EU and United States have included the use of hormones to boost milk production in cows (approved in United States, rejected in EU); the commercial use of genetically modified organisms, opposed by many European consumers; and the use of antibiotics in animal feed.
Since receiving his M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Georgia, Haniotis has established himself as a leader in global agricultural trade policy. He worked for four years in Washington, D.C., as an agricultural counselor of the European Commission Delegation to the United States. In August 2000, he was appointed to the cabinet of EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler, where he oversees issues relating to common agricultural policy, or CAP, as well as the EU agricultural budget and policy evaluation.
The European Economic Community established the CAP in the late 1950s. With a common agricultural policy, member states developed a single (free trade) market and a common agricultural budget while balancing the flow of imports with community preferences. Since then, advances in technology and economic policy have brought numerous changes to CAP. In 1999, CAP underwent major policy reforms to address emerging issues of globalization, market competition and EU expansion. Recent major reforms have aimed to lower EU price supports while increasing direct aid to farmers and to decentralize and streamline programming procedures.
The lecture is held each year to honor the late J.W. Fanning, who received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from UGA and went on to become the university’s first vice president for services. Preceding the lecture, there will be a reception at 10:30 on the second-floor concourse of the Georgia Center, and there will be a luncheon immediately following the lecture. The reception and lecture are free and open to the public, and the luncheon is $20. To make luncheon reservations, call 542-2481.

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