On 12 Oct 2026, FMG organized a webinar on the recent ICC report “What next for plurilateral trade agreements?” (https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policy-paper/what-next-for-plurilateral-trade-agreements/). This session was initiated and moderated by Stuart Harbinson, FMG member and former Permanent Representative of Hong Kong China to the WTO.
At the session, Valerie Picard, FFMG and Head of Trade at the ICC; George Riddell, FMG member and Managing Director at Goyder Ltd briefed the participants on the report. Then the participants had a fruitful and insightful discussion on the topic.
Nearly 60 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, and experts from renowned international organizations, think tanks and universities etc.
The recording of this session can be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMkNZ26d08
Annex 1: Program
15:00-15:10 Introduction
Speaker: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
15:10-15:40 Presentations
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson(FMG)
15:10-15:20 Speaker: Valerie Picard (FFMG, ICC)
15:20-15:30 Speaker: George Riddell (FMG)
15:40- 16:30 Discussions
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson(FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Valerie Picard (FFMG)
George Riddell (FMG)
Maria L. Pagan (FMG)
Marco Molina (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Peter Ungphakorn (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Rolf Traeger (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Andrea Spear (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Joao Aguiar Machado (FMG)
Victor do Prado (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
Hiromi Yano (FMG)
Tu Xinquan (FMG)
Hector R Torres (FMG)
II.Missions
Chile: Marta Bonet, Ambassador
Sri Lanka: R WIJESEKARA, Ambassador/Permanent Representative
Hong Kong, China: Winky SO, Permanent Representative
Liechtenstein: Patrick Ritter, Deputy Permanent Representative
Hong Kong, China: Joanna Cheung, Deputy Representative
Senegal: Mouhamadou Moustapha CISSE, Premier Conseiller
Viet Nam: Ly Nguyen, First Secretary
Brazil: Luciana Farnesi, First Secretary
Czech Republic: Monika Ededy Müllerová, Third Secretary
Bhutan: Choki Tshewang, Trade Attaché
EU: MP Nicora, Trade Policy Officer
Korea: Yeji Han, Researcher
Brazil: Henrique Sato, Diplomat
Hong Kong SAR: Kwan Yung Lo, Assistant Representative
Sri Lanka: Kishani Wickramasinghe, Intern
III. International Organizations
Aik Hoe LIM, WTO
Taufiqur Rahman, WTO
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Raluca Rusu, EC
Wayne Mccook, CARICOM
IV. Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
V. Governments
Špela Kučan, Slovenia
Simon Manley, United Kingdom
VI. Universities
Joey Zhou, CQU
Giorgio Sacerdoti, Bocconi University
Elisa Baroncini, Università di Bologna
Peter Van den Bossche, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Law
Geraldo Vidigal, University of Amsterdam
VII. Others
Carlo Cantore, Lawyer
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