On October 4, 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss the “soft power” of the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. Jan Yves Remy, FMG member and WTO Chair for Barbados moderated this session.
Petros Mavroidis, Professor of Columbia Law School and Todd J. Friedbacher, Partner of Sidley Austin LLP shared their insights about the “soft power” of DSB, i.e., the non-litigation aspect of the mechanism. Jonathan T. Fried, FMG member and former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO shared his comments as discussant. Then, the speakers answered the questions from the participants.
Nearly 40 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://youtu.be/YG9rTQ_3-tI
Annex 1: Program
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15:00-15:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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15:02-15:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Jan Yves Remy (FMG) |
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15:05-15:35 |
Presentations Moderator: Jan Yves Remy (FMG) |
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15:05- 15:15 |
Speaker 1: Petros Mavroidis (Columbia Law School) |
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15:15- 15:25 |
Speaker 2: Todd J. Friedbacher (Sidley) |
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15:25-15:35 |
Discussant: Jonathan T. Fried (FMG) |
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15:35- 16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Jan Yves Remy (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
1.FMG/FFMG
Daniel Crosby (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Cecilia Malmstorm (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Victor Do Prodo (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Andreas Esche (FFMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
2.WTO Missions
Russian Federation: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
Panama: Alfredo SUESCUM, Ambassador
Vanuatu: Sumbue ANTAS, Ambassador
Brunei Darussalam: Mazlizah PG MAHALEE, Ambassador
Canada: Nadia THEODORE, Ambassador
Djibouti: Kadra AHMED HASSAN, Ambassador
Norway: Petter ØLBERG, Ambassador
Indonesia: Febrian Alphyanto RUDDYARD, Ambassador
Antigua and Barbuda: Colin MURDOCH, Ambassador
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
Iceland: Ólöf Hrefna KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR, DPR
Finland: Anna VITIE, DPR
Uruguay: Felipe LLANTADA SOLDI, DPR
Dominican Republic: Cesar HERRERA, DPR
Netherlands: Marcel VERNOOIJ, DPR
EU: Davide GRESPAN, Minister Counsellor
Singapore: Pui Man YAU, Counsellor
Brazil: Marcus Vinícius, Counsellor
Zimbabwe: Constance ZHANJE, Minister Plenipotentiary
3.WTO Secretariat
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Maika Oshikawa, Director, Development Division
Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division
Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Maria Pereyra, Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
Stephen Fevrier, Senior Advisor to the Director General, WTO
Kuiten Bernard, Senior Counsellor on External Relations, WTO
4.International Organizations
Aditi Sara Verghese, WEF
5.Think Thanks
Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
William Reinsch, CSIS
Alice Tipping, IISD
Jeff Schott, PIIE
6.Universities
Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
Andre Sapir, Columbia University
7. Others
Fernando de Mateo: Former Mexico’s Ambassador to WTO
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