On 2nd November 2021, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) has organized an online brainstorming on the Appellate Body of the WTO. Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor in the Research Division (ERSD) of the WTO Secretariat moderated this session.
Jennifer Hillman, former member of the Appellate Body and former General Counsel at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Henry Gao, professor at Singapore Management University, Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies of the World Trade Institute and former member of the Appellate Body, and James Bacchus, former Chairman of the Appellate Body and former member of the Congress of the United States shared their insights and suggestions on the Appellate Body crisis and the upcoming MC12. Alan Wolff, FMG member and former Deputy Director-General of the WTO shared his comments as discussant.
Over 70 participants joined the brainstorming, including members of FMG, Friends of FMG and Punta del Este Group (PEG), Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, offcials at the WTO Secretariat and representatives from related international organizations, think tanks and universities.
Recording of this session can be viewed via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eFscljoL2Y.
| 14:30–14:35 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
| 14:35-15:53 |
Presentations Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau |
| 14:35-14:45 | Speaker: Jennifer Hillman |
| 14:45-14:55 | Speaker: Peter Van den Bossche |
| 14:55-15:05 | Speaker: Henry Gao |
| 15:05-15:15 | Speaker: James Bacchus |
| 15:15-15:23 | Discussant: Alan Wolff (FMG) |
| 15:23-16:00 |
Discussions Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau |
Annex 1: Programme of this session
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
Confirmed Participants
1.FMG/FFMG/PEG members
Mercedes Araoz, FMG
Clemens Boonekamp, FMG
Daniel Crosby, FMG
Jonathan Fried, FMG
Stuart Harbinson, FMG
Alejandro Jara, FMG
Xiankun Lu, FMG
Hamid Mamdouh, FMG
Mario Matus, FMG&PEG
Xinquan Tu, FMG
Alan Wolff, FMG
Olaf Wientzek, FFMG
2.WTO missions
Mexico: Angel Villalobos, Ambassador
Russia: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
Singapore: Tan Hung Seng, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Mexico: Ismael Ortiz, DPR
Singapore: Darryl Leong, DPR
Turkey: Bahar Dogan, DPR
3.WTO Secretariat
Anabel Gonzalez, Deputy Director-General
Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director-General
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
4.International organizations
Damien Bruckard, ICC
Brad McDonald, IMF
Aditi Sara Verghese, WEF
5.Think tanks
Bill Reinsch, PIIE
Jeff Schott, PIIE
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE
6.Universities
Andre Sapir, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Christian Bluth, European University Institute
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