Council Member Biography
Mark Sloan is a Partner at DTB Associates in Washington, DC, where he specialized in market access analysis related to both the WTO agricultural negotiations and U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Mr. Sloan has provided advice to the U.S. pork, grain, rice, almond and potato industries, as well as several private companies. Previously, he served as Director of Agricultural Affairs to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, where he was involved in a wide variety of agricultural trade issues. This included managing USTR work on bilateral issues with the European Union, such as the hormone dispute and negotiations on changes in the EU's WTO commitments with respect to grain. Mr. Sloan also represented USTR in work on the U.S. Section 201 safeguard actions with respect to wheat gluten and lamb, in formal WTO dispute settlement discussions with Korea, Canada and Venezuela on agricultural trade issues, as well as a large number of other bilateral trade issues. He played a key role at USTR in the development of a U.S. position on disciplines on agricultural export credits as part of the WTO agricultural negotiations. Mr. Sloan also served in a variety of positions with the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), including Deputy Director of Multilateral Trade Division and Deputy Director of the Western Europe and Americas Division in International Trade Policy. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2003 - Unspecified
- Partner, DTB Associates, LLP
- 1999 - 2003
- Director of Agricultural Affairs, TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED STATES
- 1982 - 1999
- Agricultural Attache, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Mark Sloan
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China's Push for Agricultural Self Sufficiency
March 23, 2010
China Reserves 'Self Sufficient' | www.chinadaily.com.cn
China is engaged in a drive for agricultural self sufficiency, fed by generous subsidies and tax exemptions. These programs virtually ensure profitability for some agricultural enterprises, but could generate concerns on the part of China's international trading partners.
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The Proliferation of World Wide Free Trade Agreements - What it Means for U.S. Businness
August 18, 2008
South Korea and EU Begin Free Trade Talks | news.bbc.co.uk
While the U.S. Congress may be putting the breaks on the prospect of any future U.S. Free Trade Agreements, non U.S. FTA deals continue to proliferate around the world. Over 400 new FTA's have been notified to the World Trade Organization, three quarters of those since 1997. With the looming failure of the WTO's Doha Trade Round, countries like Brazil have said they will accelerate the pace of FTA negotiations with countries around the world. Given the increasingly complex web of bilateral free trade agreements, it is critical that companies involved in international trade and investment understand the implications of these deals on their trading and investment decisions. In addition to the elimination of import duties, these FTA deals frequently include the simplification or elimination of technical barriers to trade. In the future, companies will need a consolidated and integrated base of tariff and technical information to make smart decisions on sourcing and investment.
GLG Study Groups with Mark Sloan(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| U.S. Department of Agriculture Experts: Legal, Economic, and Regulatory Affairs | 26 |
GLG Live Meetings with Mark Sloan(?)
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