On 15 Jan 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an internal discussion on the U.S. withdrawing from 66 international organizations, focusing on its impact on the WTO and trade ecosystem, as well as the ways forward.

This session was moderated by Xiankun Lu, CEO of FMG. Over 20 FMG members attended this session.

Annex: List of participants

  1. Xiankun Lu
  2. Clemens Boonekamp
  3. Cristian Rodriguez-Chiffelle
  4. Jonathan Fried
  5. John Weekes
  6. Gabrielle Marceau
  7. Jennifer Hillman
  8. Brad McDonald
  9. Yonov Frederick Agah
  10. Ben Shepherd
  11. Willy Alfaro
  12. Hamid Mamdouh
  13. Hector R Torres
  14. Ignacio Garcia Bercero
  15. André Sapir
  16. Janet Macharia
  17. Sherry Stephenson
  18. Mia Mikic
  19. Rosine Plank
  20. Mercedes Araoz
  21. Guillermo Valles Galmes
  22. Simon Evenett
  23. Maria Pagan
  24. Bernard Hoekman
  25. Alejandro Jara