On Friday, 25 February 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a dialogue with Ms Elizabeth Baltzan, Senior Advisor of the USTR. Daniel Crosby, Board Member and Treasurer of FMG and Office Managing Partner of King & Spalding LLP Geneva, moderated this dialogue.
Ms Elizabeth Baltzan, in her speech titled “ITO 2022”, reviewed the the ITO and the Havana Charter and their significance for the new reality of the multilateral trading system. She also answered questions from participants on the role of the United States, the impact of geopolitics on the multilateral trading system, and the Appellate Body crisis, etc.
This dialogue was conducted in hybrid format and under Chatham House rules. Over 50 participants joined the dialogue, including members of FMG, Friends of FMG, Ambassadors and DPRs of WTO members, and representatives from related international organization and think tanks.
Annex 1: Meeting Notice
The Friends of Multilateralism are pleased to announce that Ms. Elizabeth Baltzan, Senior Advisor to the United States Trade Representative, has accepted our invitation to address the Friends of Multinationalism and its stakeholders during her visit to Geneva next week. On Friday, 25 February, from 13:00-14:45, Ms. Baltzan will share her thoughts on “ITO 2022” and engage in discussion following our usual format.
The event will be conducted in hybrid format, so please register by sending email to nathalie_yan@163.com or ranwy@163.com. Details for in-person participation will be provided in advance of the event.
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
I.FMG/FFMG/PEG
Richard Baldwin (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Daniel Crosby (FMG)
Wendy Cutler (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
Olaf Wientzek (FFMG)
Matthew Anthony Wilson (FFMG)
II.WTO Missions
Cameroon: S.E.M. Salomon Eheth, Ambassador
EU: João Aguiar Machado, Ambassador
Italy: Gian Lorenzo Cornado, Ambassador
Kazakhstan: Zhanar Aitzhanova, Ambassador
Kenya: Cleopa Mailu, Ambassador
Liechtenstein: Kurt Jäger, Ambassador
Mexico: Ángel Villalobos, Ambassador
Mongolia: Lundeg Purevsuren, Ambassador
Montenegro: Slavica Milacic, Ambassador
Russia: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
The Philippines: Manuel A.J. Teehankee, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador
China: Li Yihong, DPR
Czech: Lenka Sustrova, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Finland: Anna Vitie, DPR
Germany: Alexandru Zegrea, DPR
Mongolia: Enkhtaivan Dashnyam, DPR
New Zealand: Alison Hamilton, DPR
Portugal: Francisco Saraiva, DPR
Slovenia: Spela Kucan, DPR
III.WTO Secretariat
Willy Alfaro, Director, Trade Policies Review Division
Priyadarshi Shishir, Director, Development Division
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Chai Xiaolin, Director, Trade in Services and Investment Division
Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
IV.Internatioal Orgnizations
Christian Bluth, EUI
Aditi Sara Verghese, WEF
V.Think Tanks
Chad Bown, PIIE
Bill Reinsch, PIIE
VI.Universities
Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia University
Andre Sapir, Columbia University
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