FMG Internal Briefing on FIT Partnership

On 15 Dec 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an internal briefing on FIT Partnership. Mario Matus, Vice Chair of FMG Board moderated this session.

At this session, H.E. Mr Tan Hung Seng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the WTO and WIPO; H.E. Ms Clare Kelly, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the WTO; H. E. Mr Abdelsalam Mohamed Al Ali, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director/Representative, UAE Office to the WTO; Mr Basil Stamm, Senior Advisor, World Trade Division, State Secretariat of Economic Affair; Mr Daniel Lim, First Secretary (Economics), Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the WTO and WIPO briefed participants on FIT Partnership and WTO reform, and answered questions from the participants.

11 FMG members attended this session.

Annex: List of participants

I.FMG/FFMG

Mario Matus(FMG)

Alan Wolff(FMG)

Ben Shepherd(FMG)

Brad McDonald(FMG)

Gabrielle Marceau(FMG)

Janet Macharia(FMG)

Maria Pagan(FMG)

Jonathan Fried(FMG)

Xinquan Tu(FMG)

Willy Alfaro(FMG)

Valerie Picard(FMG)

II.FIT Partnership co-convenors

H.E. Mr Tan Hung Seng, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the WTO and WIPO

H.E. Ms Clare Kelly, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the WTO

H. E. Mr Abdelsalam Mohamed Al Ali, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director/Representative, UAE Office to the WTO

Mr Basil Stamm, Senior Advisor, World Trade Division, State Secretariat of Economic Affairs

Mr Daniel Lim, First Secretary (Economics), Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the WTO and WIPO