On 14 October 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized the 13th session of its “Trade Policy Preview” (TP-P) brainstorming series on Australia. Willy Alfaro, FMG member and e former Director of Trade Polices Review Division at the WTO moderated this session.
Simon Evenett, FMG member and Founder of Global Trade Alert; George Riddell, Managing Director at Goyder Ltd., a trade consultancy, and Allie Renison, Director for Advocacy at the global consultancy SEC Newgate in its UK arm shared their views on the trade policies of Australia.
Over 30 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, and experts from renowned think tanks etc.
FMG has launched the brainstorming initiative titled “Trade Policy Preview” (TP-P) to host a candid and forward-looking dialogue on trade policy trends of key players of the WTO and their implications on the WTO reform discussions. FMG has successfully organized 13 TP-P sessions on China, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, U.S.A, Japan, EU, SACU, China, Nigeria, Australia and the UK.
Recording of this session could be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coGBGK_HDAQ
Annex 1: Program
14:00-14:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
14:02-14:05 Introduction
Speaker: Willy Alfaro (FMG)
14:05-15:05 Presentations
Moderator: Willy Alfaro (FMG)
14:05-14:25 Speaker: Simon Evenett (FMG)
14:25-14:45 Speaker: George Riddell (Goyder Ltd)
14:45-15:05 Speaker: Allie Renison (SEC Newgate)
15:05- 15:30 Discussions
Moderator: Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
1. FMG/FFMG
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Maria Pagan (FMG)
Janet Njambi Macharia (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Ben Shepherd (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Luz Maria de la Mora (FFMG)
2. Missions
Slovak: Judita Brzobohatá, Ambassador
Brazil: Jose Antonio Braga, Minister Counsellor
Brazil: Thiago Carneiro, Counsellor
Sinapore: Peter Drage, Research Officer
Ghana: Sampson Abankwa, Minister Counsellor
Australia: Jessica Dickerson, Counsellor
Japan: Mai Yaguchi, Counsellor
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade Officer
Czech: Monika Ededy Müllerová, Third Secretary
3. WTO
Karsten Steinfatt, Chief, Europe and Middle East, TPRD
Mark Koulen, Senior researcher
Hang Tran, Counselor
4. Other International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
5. Universities
Jing Wang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
6. Others
George Riddell, Director, Goyder Ltd
Allie Renison, Director, SEC Newgate
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