On 28 Sept, FMG held an online internal briefing on UNCTAD’s recent report “Magic DataBase of Industrial Subsidies” (https://www.oecd.org/en/data/dashboards/magic-database-industrial-subsidies.html). This session was moderated by Gabrielle Marceau, FMG member and former legal adviser at the WTO.

Julia NIELSON, Deputy Director for Trade and Agriculture, OECD and Jehan SAUVAGE, Policy Analyst in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD introduced the report. Then Prof. CUI Fan, Professor in International Trade, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) China, and Dr. LI Yuankun LI, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shared their comments as discussants.

Over 20 FMG members attended this session online.

Annex: List of participants

  1. Xiankun Lu 
  2. Gabrielle Marceau
  3. Willy Alfaro 
  4. Ignacio Garcia Bercero 
  5. Elizabeth Chelliah 
  6. Simon Evenett
  7. Robert Koopman 
  8. Cecilia Malmstrom 
  9. Mario Matus 
  10. Jonathan Fried
  11. Mia Mikic 
  12. Hamid Mamdouh 
  13. Janet Macharia 
  14. Rosine Plank 
  15. Alan Wolff
  16. Rolf Traeger
  17. Sherry Stephenson
  18. Siqi Li
  19. Colette van der Ven
  20. Brad McDonald
  21. Victor do Prado
  22. John Weekes