On 28 November 2023, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session on Trade and National Security. Patrick Low, Co-Chair of FMG Board and former senior economist of WTO moderated this session.
At the session, Alan Wolff, FMG Board Member and former Deputy Director-General of WTO; Bernard Hoekman, FMG member and Director of the Global Economics at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI); Petros Mavroidis, FMG member and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Liao Shiping, Youth Yangtze River Professor at Beijing Normal University shared their insights on this topic and answered the questions from the audience.
Over 50 participants joined the session, 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.
The background readings for this session are as below:
“Saving the WTO from the national security exception” (by Alan Wolff)
“Non-economic Objectives, Globalisation and Multilateral Trade Cooperation” (by Bernard
Hoekman and Petros Mavroidis)
The recording of this session could be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0f4HOCRAAo.
Annex 1: Programme
| 14:00-14:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
| 14:02-14:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Patrick Low (FMG) |
| 14:05-14:45 |
Presentations Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG) |
| 14:05- 14:15 | Speaker 1: Alan Wolff (FMG) |
| 14:15-14:25 | Speaker 2: Bernard Hoekman (FMG) |
| 14:25- 14:35 | Speaker 3: Petros Mavroidis (FMG) |
| 14:35-14:45 | Speaker 4: Liao Shiping (Beijing Normal University) |
| 14:45- 15:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of Confirmed Participants
1. FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Hamish MCCORMICK (FMG)
Maxim Medvedkov (FMG)
Michitaka Nakatomi (FMG)
Victor Do Prodo (FMG)
Evan Rogerson (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
John M Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Petros C. MAVROIDIS (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Niall Meagher (FFMG)
Valerie Picard (FFMG)
2. WTO Missions
Australia: Jeremy Green, DPR
Austria: Raphael Draschtak, First Secretary
Argentina: Pedro Negueloaetcheverry, Counsellor
Brazil: Guilherme Patriota, Ambassador
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Hungary: Szilárd MOGYORÓSI, DPR
Lithuania: Raimondas Alisauskas, Ambassador
UK: Simon J Manley, Ambassador
3. WTO Secretariat
Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division
4. International Organization
Adam Jakubik, IMF
5. Think Tanks
Bill Reinsch, PIIE
6. Universities
Andre Sapir, Université libre de Bruxelles
Jesse Kreier, Georgetown Univertisy
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