On June 21st, 2019, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) has co-organized with the Punta del Este Group (PEG) in Geneva a seminar titled “Rebuilding Trust: the way forward for a successful WTO reform”. Issues discussed include state of play of WTO crisis and world economy, dispute settlement, transparency/standstill, development, plurilaterals and subsidies.
Participants include FMG and FFMG members, PEG members, Ms. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Mr. Alan Wolff, Deputy Director-General of the WTO, and ambassadors or deputies of thirteen delegations from both developed and developing countries.
Annex:
Programme
Rebuilding Trust: the way forward for a successful WTO reform
FMG Brainstorming Series on WTO Reform
Date: Friday 21st June at 9.00 – 13.00
Venue: International Trade Center (ITC).
Rules: By invitation only, Chatham House rules
9:00 – 9:30 Opening session: María Cassarino
Welcome by Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of ITC
Welcome on behalf of the Punta del Este Group: Ambassador Guillermo Valles
Welcome on behalf of the Friends of Multilateralism Group: Mr. Xiankun LU
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9:30 – 10:30 First session: State of Play Moderator: Xiankun LU State of Play of WTO crisis: Alan Wolff Deputy Director General of the WTO State of Play of World Economy: Hector Torres Discussion |
10:30 – 10:45: coffee / tea break
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10:45 – 12:45: Second session: The process to elaborate an agenda for reform Moderator Guillermo VALLES Rebuilding trust: Dispute Settlement: Robert McDougall Transparency/Standstill Alejandro Jara Discussion
Key elements to advance negotiations on reform: Development and a flexible world trading system: Patrick Low Plurilateral agreements: Ambassador José Luis Cancela (Uruguay) A new framework to tackle subsidies? Bernard Hoeckman Discussion |
12:45 -13:00 Wrap up and thanks
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