On 25 Feb 2026, FMG organized a webinar on the Most-Favoured-Nation Principle of the WTO. This session was moderated by Mario Matus, Co-Chair of FMG Board.
At the webinar, Gabrielle Marceau, FMG member, former legal adviser at the WTO; María Pagán, FMG member and former Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the WTO; John Clarke, FMG member and former director for international affairs in the European Commission’ s DG Agriculture; Wenhua Ji, FMG member and Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China oshared their insights on the recent proposals on MFN, and answered questions from the participants.
Over 40 participants 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/Mq55JZ9MFTw?si=gp1dhCb1EZslVXNo
Annex 1: Program
14:00-14:07
Introduction Speaker: Mario Matus (FMG)
14:07-14:47 Presentations
Moderator: Mario Matus (FMG)
14:07-14:17 Speaker: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
14:17-14:27 Speaker: Maria Pagan (FMG)
14:27-14:37 Speaker: John Clarke (FMG)
14:37-14:47 Speaker: Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Discussion 14:47-15:30
Moderator: Mario Matus (FMG)
Annex 2: List of Participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Maria Pagan (FMG)
John Clarke (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Victor do Prado (FMG)
Valerie PICARD (FFMG)
II.Missions
Kazakhstan: Zhanar Aitzhan, Ambassador
U.S.: David Bisbee, Deputy Chief of Mission
New Zealand: James Andersen, DPR
Jamaica: Tyesha Turner, DPR
The Netherlands: Robert van Dijk, Deputy Head Economic & Development Division
Turkey: Ipek Bozoglu, Counsellor
Pakistan: Maryam Mumtaz, Legal Affairs Officer
Pakistan: Muhammad Umar Riaz, Legal Affairs Officer
EU: MP Nicora, Trade Policy Officer
Germany: Claudia Lepers, Secretary
Switzerland: Severin Willimann, Junior Professional
Belgium: Mattéo Lacour, intern
III. International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Hang Tran, WTO
Tomochika Uyama, WTO
IV. Think tanks
Douglas A. Irwin, PIIE
William Reinsch, CSIS
V. Universities
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Giorgio Sacerdoti, Bocconi University
Antoine Comont, Université Laval
Saniya Khanna, Indeoendent
VI. Others
Werner Zdouc, Former Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach Division, WTO
Rolf Traeger, former Chief of LDC Section, UNCTAD
Xiaozhun Yi, former DDG of the WTO
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