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(Brussels, 17th October 2012) - Europe's food and drink industry needs to focus on innovation and boosting its competitive advantage while ensuring that science remains at the heart of business and regulation, according to panel of experts at the FoodDrinkEurope Congress 2012 ... Minister Counsellor on Food and Agriculture for the U.S. Mission to the EU Maurice House said ... WTO Deputy Director General Rufus Yerxa, added ... -ENDS- ... (noodl....
noodls 2012-10-17(Brussels, 17 October 2012) - FoodDrinkEurope's 2012 Congress, which marks the organisation's 30th anniversary, today opened its doors to more than 400 representatives from across the regulatory and political spectrum - both at the European and international levels - including civil society, academia and media ... The food and drink industry is Europe's largest industry, generating €956.2 billion in turnover ... Mr ... Ms ... Mr ... Rufus Yerxa (WTO)....
noodls 2012-10-17(Source. WTO - World Trade Organization). This year's Forum will debate. formulating new approaches to multilateral trade opening in areas such as trade facilitation; addressing 21st-century issues and identifying areas in need of new regulations; and looking at the role of non-state actors in strengthening the multilateral trading system ... Opening Session ... The session will be moderated by Mr Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director General, WTO ... ....
noodls 2012-09-21Rufus H. Yerxa (born 1951) is currently Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). He has served in this position since 2002. He was the former Chief International Counsel for Monsanto Company.
As an American public servant (under both Republican and Democratic administrations), he was US Ambassador to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Geneva; he played a key role in the Uruguay Round Negotiations. Yerxa served as a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Envoy to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in Geneva. Prior to 1989, he served as the Assistant Chief Counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee and Staff Director of its Subcommittee on Trade.
From 1977 to 1981, he was the Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the International Trade Commission. An attorney and a member of the Washington State and District of Columbia Bars, Yerxa is a graduate of the University of Washington and the University of Puget Sound, and holds an LL.B. in international law from Cambridge University (UK). Prior to being named as Monsanto's international counsel, Yerxa was Monsanto's European general counsel.