On 16 May, 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on the US-UK and US-China deals. Stuart Harbinson, FMG Member and former represent Hong Kong and the HK Special Administrative Region of China at the WTO moderated the meeting.
At the meeting, Alan Wolff , FMG member, former Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO); Ignacio Garcia Bercero, FMG member, Former Director at the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission (DG TRADE);Xiankun Lu, the founder and CEO of the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG), former senior trade diplomat of China shared their views on the main contents and impact of US-UK and US-China deals, as well as WTO reform, and answered relevant questions from participants.
This meeting is based on below documents:
1.Joint Statement on U.S.-China Econimic and Trade Meeting in Geneva
Over 60 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc.
Watch this session via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/LiX1dPx2HHc?si=3Ceqm08mVQlnakPE
Anenx 1: Programme
15:00-15:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
15:02-15:05 Introduction
Speaker: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
15:05-15:45 Presentations
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
15:05-15:20 Speaker: Alan Wolff (FMG)
15:20-15:35 Speaker: Ignacio Garcia Bercero (FMG)
15:35-15:45 Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
15:45- 16:30 Discussions
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
FMG/FFMG
Ignacio Garcia Bercero (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Rajesh AGGARWAL (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Wendy Culter (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Dorotea LÓPEZ (FMG)
Cecilia Malmstrom (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Petros C. MAVROIDIS (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
André SAPIR (FMG)
Mohammad Saeed (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
Robert Wolfe (FMG)
Anabel González(FFMG)
Niall Meagher(FFMG)
WTO Missions
New Zealand: Clare Kelly, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita Brzobohatá, Ambassador
The Netherlands: Audrey Goosen, Ambassador
Israel: Shir Slutzky, DPR
Liechtenstein: Patrick Ritter, DPR
Latvia : Renars Danelsons, DPR
Russia: Tatina Tsukanova, DPR
Slovenia: Špela Kučan, DPR
China: Kangrong Fu, Counsellor
Portugal: Sofia Marto Costa, Counsellor
Russia: Oleg Savelev,Counsellor
Türkiye: Ipek Bozoglu, Commercial Counselor
Russia: Sergei Tymma, First Secretary
Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Rose Carson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand
Valerie Picard, ICC
Others
Xiaozhun Yi, former Deputy Director-General of the WTO
Yifat Inbar, Israel economic mission Beijing
Knut Berdal, Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Norway
Universities
Peter Van den Bossche, World Trade Institute
Muhammad Naeem Tariq, professor, National University
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