From 12th to 15th Sept 2023, the WTO Public Forum was held at the WTO premises in Geneva. The Friends of Multilateralism Group has actively participated in this year’s public forum. The sessions that FMG members and Friends of FMG have spoken at are listed below.

 

 

Date

Member

Session

1

13 September 9:30- 10:45

Room D

Cecilia Malmström

Young   voices   from   Africa   – Harnessing     digital    tools     for sustainable trade

2

13 September 9:30- 10:45

Room E

Alan Wolff

T4P  Talk:  A  Conversation  with

Peace and Trade Negotiators

3

13 September 12:30- 13:30

Room Atrium

Alan Wolff

Patrick Low

Meet the Author: Revitalizing the WTO by Alan Wm. Wolff

4

13 September 15:15- 16:30

Room D

Cecilia Malmström

Petros Mavroidis

Alan Wolff

Trade     Winds     with      Cecilia

Malmstrom

5

13 September 15:15- 16:30

Room Atrium

Jan Yves Remy

The       Bridgetown       Initiative: Rethinking Global Governance

6

13 September 17:00- 18:15

Room A

Cecilia Malmström

Petros Mavroidis

Greening the WTO: Strengthening the World Trading  System  as  an Ally  in  the  Quest  for  Inclusive Climate Policies

7

14 September 9:00- 10:15

Room E

Henry Gao

Cecilia Malmström

Designing       Climate       Change Policies  to  Meet  the  Needs  of Developing  Countries:  The  Role of the US, the EU and China

8

14 September 12:30- 13:30

Room Atrium

Simon Evenett

Meet the Author: The  Economic

Government of the World:  1933-

2023 by Martin Daunton

9

14 September 15:15- 16:30

Room S

Henry Gao

Ally-shoring Critical Minerals for AGreen Transition: Reimaging the WTO’s     Role     in     Managing Confrontations and Disruptions

10

14   September 15:15- 16:30

Room D

James Zhan

The Role of Arab Private Sector in

Saving the Planet

11

14   September 15:15- 16:30

Room B

Michele Ruta

Do   DTA’s  present  the  risk   of mission   creep?  What  have  we learned so far about the success or failure    of    DTAs    in    striking agreements        on        addressing sustainability and inclusiveness?

12

September 14 15:15- 16:30

Room Atrium

Jan Yves Remy

Remaking   the   Global   Trading System for a Sustainable Future

13

September 14 15:15- 16:30

Room Library

Colette van der Ven

Unleashing the potential of EU’s Green Trade Agenda: Integrating development as the missing part of the triangle

14

September 14 17:00- 18:15

Room S1

Colette van der Ven

Driving Africa’s Green Transition: The  AfCFTA  as  a  catalyst  for environmentally                friendly production, trade and consumption

15

September 15 9:00- 10:15

Room E

Henry Gao

The Scramble For the Markets of the Future: Decarbonization, Trade and Geopolitics

16

September 15 10:45- 12:00

Room B

Pradeep S. Mehta

Harnessing     Digitalisation     for Greener Supply Chains in LDCs

17

September 15 10:45- 12:00

Room CR

Michele Ruta

Digital Trade for Development

18

September 15 12:30- 13:45

Room S1

Jan Yves Remy

“Small  Island  Developing  States (SIDS)    and    Least    Developed Countries (LDCs) as Laboratories for Advancing Green Trade.”

19

September 15 12:30- 13:45

Room F

Colette van der Ven

Avoiding    green    protectionism: how  to  address  barriers  to  an

inclusive green transition

20

September 15 14:15- 15:30

Room S1

Colette van der Ven

Implications  of  the  EU  Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism for African Countries

21

September 15 14:15- 15:30

Room W

Deborah Elms

Facilitating  a  Just  Transition  in Asia through Green and Inclusive Trade Policies

22

September 15 14:15- 15:30

Room E

Jan Yves Remy

Inclusiveness,  Trade  Policy  and Gender Equality

23

September 15 14:15- 15:30

Room Atrium

Henry Gao

What the Return of U.S. Industrial Policy     Means     for     Inclusive Growth and Sustainability