On Sep. 21st 2021, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) has organized an online brainstorming on the new book “China and the WTO-Why Multilateralism Still Matters” authored by Prof. Petros Mavroidis and Prof. Andre Sapir.
Prof. Petros Mavroidis and Prof. Andre Sapir presented the book to the audience. Mr. Hiddo Houben, DPR of the EU mission to the WTO, and Prof. Xinquan Tu, member of FMG shared their comments as the discussants.
Over 30 participants joined the brainstorming, including members of FMG, Friends of FMG (FFMG) and Punta del Este Group (PEG), Ambassadors and DPRs of WTO members, officials and experts of related international organizations, think tanks and universities.
The recording of this session can be viewed via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ad7-ColxPg
| 15:00-15:05 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:55 |
Presentations Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG) |
| 15:05-15:20 | Speaker: Prof. Petros Mavroidis |
| 15:20-15:35 | Speaker: Prof. Andre Sapir |
| 15:35-15:45 | Discussant: Hiddo Houben (DPR, EU Mission to the WTO) |
| 15:45-15:55 | Discussant: Xinquan Tu (FMG) |
| 15:55-16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG) |
Annex 1: Programme
Annex 2:
Confirmed Participants
1.FMG/FFMG/PEG members
Mercedes Araoz, FMG
Clemens Boonekamp, FMG
Wendy Cutler, FMG
Deborah Elms, FMG
Alan Wolff, FMG
Patrick Low, FMG
Xiankun Lu, FMG
Cecilia Malmström, FMG
Hamid Mamdouh, FMG
Mario Matus, FMG
Mia Mikic, FMG
Stuart Harbinson, FMG (moderator)
Hector R Torres, FMG
Xinquan Tu, FMG (discussant)
2.WTO Missions
Argentina: Federico Villegas, Ambassador
Canada: Stephen de Boer, Ambassador
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin, Ambassador
Russia: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
South Africa: Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter, Ambassador
UK: Rob Cook, Ambassador
Brazil: Paulo Elias, DPR
Colombia: Nicolas Palau van Hissenhoven, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR (discussant)
Mexico: Ismael Ortiz, DPR
The Netherlands: Nathalie Olijslager Jaarsma, DPR
Denmark: Mads Thuesen Lunde, Minister Counsellor
Turkey: Bahar Doğan, Counsellor
3.WTO Secretariat
Jean-Marie Paugam, DDG
4.International Organisations
Ahmad Mukhtar, FAO
Aditi Sara Verghese, WEF
Julia NIELSON, OECD
5.Think tanks
Chad Bown, PIIE
Douglas A. Irwin, PIIE
Gary Hufbauer, PIIE
Mary Lovely, PIIE
Jeff Schott, PIIE
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE
Dmitry Grozoubinski, HEI Geneva
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
6.Universities
Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
Christian Bluth, EUI
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