On 21st May 2021, Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session on China Trade Policy. Clemens Boonekamp from FMG moderated this meeting.
Professor Cui Fan, Deputy General Secretary and Director of Research at China Society for WTO Studies; Professor Henry Gao, tenured law professor at Singapore Management University shared their insights on the trade policy of China and WTO reform. FMG Board member Stuart Harbinson made comments as discussant.
Almost 40 participants joined the brainstorming, including members of FMG, Friends of FMG and Punta del Este Group (PEG), Ambassadors of WTO members, and representatives from related international organizations.
This brainstorming is the first session of FMG new brainstorming initiative titled “Trade Policy Preview” (TP-P) which aims at hosting a candid and forward-looking dialogue on trade policy trends of key players of the WTO and their implications on the WTO reform discussions. Such TP-Ps will be organized in conjunction with the planned WTO trade policy reviews (TPRs) of the selected members but a few months in advance.
Based on the announced TPRs of the WTO in 2021, FMG TP-Ps endeavors to cover China, Argentina, Singapore, Korea and Russia.
Annex 1:
Program
| 15:00-15:05 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun LU (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:55 |
Presentations Moderator: Clemens BOONEKAMP (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:20 | Speaker: Prof. CUI Fan |
| 15:20-15:35 | Speaker: Prof. Henry GAO |
| 15:35-15:45 | Discussant: Stuart HARBINSON (FMG) |
| 15:45-16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Clemens BOONEKAMP (FMG) |
Annex 2:
Confirmed Participants
1.FMG/FFMG/PEG members
Clemens BOONEKAMP (FMG, moderator)
Daniel CROSBY (FMG)
Simon EVENETT (FMG)
Anabel GONZALEZ (FMG)
Stuart HARBINSON (FMG, discussant)
Xiankun LU (FMG)
Hamid MAMDOUH (FMG)
Hector TORRES (FMG/PEG)
Guillermo VALLES (FMG/PEG)
Mario MATUS (PEG)
Matthew Anthony WILSON (FFMG)
Andreas ESCHE (FFMG)
Hajo LANZ (FFMG)
2.WTO Missions
Austria: H.E. Elisabeth TICHY-FISSLBERGER, Ambassador
Canada: H.E. Stephen De BOER, Ambassador
Egypt: H.E. Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
Mexico: H.E. Ángel VILLALOBOS RODRÍGUEZ, Ambassador
Pakistan: H.E. Mujtaba PIRACHA, Ambassador
Russia: H.E. Dmitry LYAKISHEV, Ambassador
Singapore: H.E. TAN Hung Seng, Ambassador
China: LI Yihong, DPR
EU: Hiddo HOUBEN, DPR
Finland: Anna VITIE, DPR
Netherlands: Marcel VERNOOIJ, DPR
Mexico: Ismael ORTIZ FERNÁNDEZ, DPR
Thailand: Chakarin KOMOLSIRI, DPR
3.Other Stakeholders
Alan WOLFF, Former WTO DDG
Willy ALFARO, WTO
Pierre SAUVE, World Bank
Mia MIKIC, UN ESCAP
Maion JANSEN, OECD
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