On September 27, 2024, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss about Exchange Rates, Trade, and Trade Policies. Brad McDonald, FMG member and Deputy of Trade Policy, external sector Division at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) moderated this session.
At the meeting, Mark Sobel, US Chairman at Official Monetary and Financial Institutional Forum (OMFIF) shared his opinion on this topic. Petros C Mavroidis, FMG member and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Hector Torres, FMG member abd former Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Jonathan Fried, FMG member and former Canada’s Ambassador to the WTO shared their comments. Then, the panelists answered questions from participants.
Nearly 40 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc.
Recording of this session can be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA-2oSIuCw.
Annex 1: Programme
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15:00-15:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Brad McDonald (FMG) |
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15:02-15:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Brad McDonald (FMG) |
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15:05-15:39 |
Presentations Moderator: Brad McDonald (FMG) |
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15:05- 15:25 |
Speaker 1: Mark Sobel (OMFIF) |
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15:25-15:32 |
Discussant 1: Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG) |
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15:32-15:39 |
Discussant 2: Hector Torres (FMG) |
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15:39-15:46 |
Discussant 3 : Jonathan T. Fried (FMG) |
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15:46- 16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Brad McDonald (FMG) |
Annex 2: confirmed participants
FMG/FFMG
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
Jesse Kreier (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Petros Mavroidis (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Mohammed Saeed (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Michele Ruta (FFMG)
WTO Missions
Argentina: Lunazzi Gustavo, Ambassador
Cabo Verde: Clara Delgado, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Kenya: Cleopa Mailu, Ambassador
Korea: Jung Sung PARK, Ambassador
Netherlands: Audrey Goosen, Ambassador
Russia: Nikolai Platonov, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Latvia: Renārs Danelsons, DPR
Switzerland: Martin Zbinden, DPR
Slovenia: Maruša Baus, Counsellor
International Organizations
Julia Nielson, OECD
Taylor Pearce, OMFIF
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD
Universities
André Sapir, Université libre de Bruxelles
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
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