On March 23, 2023, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss how to address the subsidies challenge to the trading system. John Weekes, FMG member and Former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO moderated this session.
Patrick Low, FMG member and Former Chief Economist of WTO; Anabel González, Deputy Director-General at the WTO; João Aguiar Machado, Ambassador of the European Union to the WTO; and Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador of Thailand to the WTO shared their insights on how to address the subsidies challenge to the trading system in a forward-looking manner, followed by discussions among participants.
Over 80 participants joined the brainstorming, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, Directors of WTO divisions, 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=z6kr2vbSCK4.
Annex 1: John Weekes_Notes to Introduce FMG Session on Subsidies Thursday March 23
Annex 2: Notes of Patrick Low for FMG subsides session_PLow_23_3_23
Annex 3: presentation of DDG Anabel González
Annex 4: Notes of Amb. Pitfield on Subsidies
Annex 5: Program
| 14:00-14:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
| 14:02-14:06 |
Introduction Speaker: John M Weekes (FMG) |
| 14:06-14:50 |
Presentations Moderator: John M Weekes (FMG) |
| 14:06- 14:21 | Speaker 1: Patrick Low (FMG) |
| 14:21- 14:36 | Speaker 2: DDG Anabel González (WTO) |
| 14:36-14:43 | Speaker 3: Ambassador João Aguiar Machado (European Union) |
| 14:43-14:50 | Speaker 4: Ambassador Pimchanok Pitfield (Thailand) |
| 14:50- 15:30 |
Discussions Moderator: John M Weekes (FMG) |
Annex 6: List of confirmed participants
FMG/FFMG
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Masamichi KONO (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Fernando De Mateo (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Cecilia Malmström (FMG)
Victor Do Prado (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
John M Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
Petros C. MAVROIDIS (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
Anabel González (FFMG)
WTO Missions
Cabo Verde: Clara Delgado JESUS, Ambassador
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
EU: João Aguiar MACHADO, Ambassador
France: Etienne OUDOT DE DAINVILLE, Ambassador
India: P.S. GANGADHAR, Ambassador
Liechtenstein: Kurt JÄGER, Ambassador
Malawi: Caroline Bwanali- Mussa, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok PITFIELD, Ambassador
Niger: Laouali LABO, Ambassador
Norway: Petter ØLBERG, Ambassador
Singapore: TAN Hung Seng, Ambassador
Cabo Verde: Carla MIRANDA, DPR
Chile: Olivia COOK, DPR
Czech Republic: Lenka ŠUSTROVÁ, DPR
Finland: Anna VITIE, DPR
Hungary: Szilárd MOGYORÓSI, DPR
Israel: Shir SLUTZKY, DPR
Korea: Jung Sung PARK, DPR
Netherlands: Marcel VERNOOIJ, DPR
New Zealand: Alison HAMILTON, DPR
Türkiye: Bahar Doğan, DPR
Egypt: Ahmed Maghawry DIAB, Minister Plenipotentiary
WTO Secretariat
Willy Alfaro, Director, Trade Policies Review Division
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Lim Aik Hoe, Director, Trade and Environment Devision
Ralph Osso, Chief Economist and Director，Economic Research and Statistics Division
Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Maria Pereyra, Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division
International Organizations
Yuvan Beejadhur, World Bank
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
Aditi Sara Verghese, WEF
Think Tanks
Jeff Schott, PIIE
William Reinsch, CSIS
Alice Tipping, IISD
Universities
Andre Sapir, Columbia University
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