On 15 Dec 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an internal briefing on EU -CPTPP relations and WTO reform. Xiankun Lu, CEO of FMG moderated this session.

At this session, Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain; and Ignacio Garcia Bercero, FMG member and former Director at the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission briefed participants on the inaugural EU–CPTPP Track 1.5 Dialogue held in Paris, EU-CPTPP relations and suggestions for WTO reform.

23 FMG members attended this session.

Annex: List of participants

FMG

1.Xiankun Lu

2.Ignacio Garcia Bercero

3.John Weekes

4.Rosine Plank

5.Janet Macharia

6.Mia Mikic

7.Keith Rockwell

8.Alejandro Jara

9.Hervé Jouanjean

10.Brad McDonald

11.Jonathan Fried

12.Stuart Harbinson

13.Alan Wolff

14.Mario Matus

15.Petros C. Mavroidis

16.Hamid Mamdouh

17.Ben Shepherd

18.Sherry Stephenson

19.Gabrielle Marceau

20.Willy Alfaro

21.Mohammad Saeed

22.Deborah Elms

23.Colette van der Ven

Jacques Delors Institute:

1.Arancha Gonzalez

2.Nicolas Kohler-Suzuki

3.Elvire Fabry