On April 29th 2021, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) has organized an online brainstorming on the recent paper “Plurilateral Negotiations and Outcomes in the WTO” (https://fmg-geneva.org/7-plurilateral-negotiations-and-outcomes-in-the-wto/) by Hamid Mamdouh, FMG member and former Director of Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO.
At the meeting, Hamid Mamdouh has shared with the participants the main contents of his paper. Bernard Hoekman, FMG member and Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of European University Institute, made comments as discussant. Stuart Harbinson, FMG member and former Chief Representative of HK China to the WTO, moderated this session.
Over 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.
Annex:
Program of the brainstorming
| 15:00-15:05 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun LU (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:40 |
Presentations Moderator: Stuart HARBINSON (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:25 | Speaker: Hamid MAMDOUH (FMG) |
| 15:25-15:40 | Discussant: Bernard HOEKMAN (FMG) |
| 15:40-16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Stuart HARBINSON (FMG) |
Confirmed Participants
1.FMG/FFMG/PEG members
Clemens BOONEKAMP, FMG
Daniel CROSBY, FMG
Simon EVENETT, FMG
Jonathan FRIED, FMG
Anabel GONZALEZ, FMG
Stuart HARBINSON, FMG
Bernard HOEKMAN, FMG
Xiankun LU, FMG
Hamid MAMDOUH, FMG
Mario MATUS, PEG
Hector TORRES, FMG/PEG
Crispin CONROY, FFMG
2.WTO Missions
Canada: H.E. Stephen DE BOER, Ambassador
Chile: H.E. Matthias FRANKE, Ambassador
Egypt: H.E. Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
EU: H.E. João Aguiar MACHADO, Ambassador
Mexico: H.E. Ángel VILLALOBOS RODRÍGUEZ, Ambassador
Norway: H.E. Mr. Dagfinn SØRLI, Ambassador
Russia: H.E. Dmitry LYAKISHEV, Ambassador
Singapore: H.E. TAN Hung Seng, Ambassador
Sweden: H.E. Mikael ANZÉN, Ambassador
Australia: Patricia HOLMES, DPR
China: Yihong LI, DPR
EU: Hiddo HOUBEN, DPR
Finland: Anna Vitie, DPR
Mexico: Ismael ORTIZ FERNÁNDEZ, DPR
Netherlands: Marcel VERNOOIJ, DPR
Switzerland: Sonja Hürlimann, DPR
3.Other Stakeholders
Damien BRUCKARD, ICC
Pierre SAUVE, World Bank
Olaf WIENTZEK, KAS
Ahmad MUKHTAR, FAO
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