On January 14, 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized the first session of FMG High-level Dialogue Series: “The Future of WTO Reform”. Alejandro Jara, FMG member and former WTO Deputy Director-General moderated this session.
At the meeting, Pascal Lamy, former WTO Director-General shared his opinions on the future of WTO reform. Then, the participants had a discussion on this topic.
Nearly 120 participants joined the session, including members of FMG/FFMG, 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haVynHDRZgo
Watch this session via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5mNtvBY3lCiDXnXsBAJMQG
Annex 1: Programme
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14:00-14:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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14:02-14:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
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14:05-14:50 |
Presentations Moderator: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
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14:05- 14:25 |
Speaker: Pascal Lamy |
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14:25- 15:00 |
Discussions Moderator: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
Annex 2: Confirmed Participants
FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Axel Addy (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Ignacio Garcia Bercero (FMG)
John Clarke (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Dorotea López (FMG)
Fernando De Mateo (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Patros Mavroidis (FMG)
Maxim Medvedkov (FMG)
Cecilia Malmström (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Michitaka Nakatomi (FMG)
Victor Do Prado (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
André Sapir (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Mohammad Saeed (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
Peter Ungphakorn (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Valerie Picard (FFMG)
WTO Secretariats
Johanna Hill, WTO Deputy Director-General
Taufiqur Rahman, Director, Trade and Environment Division
WTO Missions
Germany: Carmen Heidecke, Ambassador
Israel: Daniel Meron, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita Brzobohata, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador
Uruguay: Alvaro Moerzinger, Ambassador
Chile: Olivia Cook, DPR
China: Yihong Li, DPR
Denmark: Mads Thuesen Lunde, DPR
EU: Houben Hiddo, DPR
Finland: Markus Heydemann, DPR
Hong Kong, China: Louisa YAN, DPR
Latvia: Renārs Danelsons, DPR
New Zealand: James Andersen, DPR
Singapore: Seah Seow Chen, DPR
Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
Jeff Schott, PIIE
International Organzations
Iasson Chryssikos, World Bank
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Universities
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Yang Guohua, Tsinghua University
Others
Xiaozhun Yi, former WTO Deputy Director-General
Werner Zdouc, former WTO Director
Johann Human, former WTO Director
Didier Chambovey, former Ambassador of Switzerland
Wayne McCook, former Ambassador of Jamaica
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