On March 26, 2024, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss about dispute settlement understanding reform and MC13. Alejandro Jara, FMG member and former Deputy Director-General of WTO moderated this session.
At the meeting, Marco Tulio Molina, former Deputy Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the WTO shared his opinions on this topic. Petros C Mavroidis, FMG member and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Wenhua Ji, FMG member and Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE); FMG member and Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center shared their comments. Then, the panelists answered the questions from the participants.
Over 70 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.
Recording of this session can be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkQZzBhzg04.
Background reading materials for this session include:
Ministerial Decision on Dispute Settlement Reform at MC13: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/MIN24/37.pdf&Open=True
Report By Marco Molina at special meeting of the WTO General Council on 14 Feb 2024：https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/Jobs/GC/385.pdf&Open=True
Annex 1: Programme
| 14:00-14:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
| 14:02-14:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
| 14:05-14:45 |
Presentations Moderator: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
| 14:05- 14:35 | Speaker: Marco Tulio Molina (Guatemala) |
| 14:35-14:40 | Discussant 1: Petros C. Mavroidis |
| 14:40- 14:45 | Discussant 2: Wenhua Ji (FMG) |
| 14:45-14:50 | Discussant 3: Jennifer Hillman (FMG) |
| 14:45- 15:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Alejandro Jara (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of Confirmed Participants
FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Wendy Cutler (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Jennifer Hillman (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Dorotea López (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Siqi Li (FMG)
Janet Macharia (FMG)
Janet Macharia (FMG)
Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Niall Meagher (FFMG)
Valerie Picard (FFMG)
WTO Missions
Brazil: Guilherme Patriota, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Italy: Stefano Pisotti, DPR
Israel: Shir Slutzky, DPR
Japan: Kohei AKIYAMA, Advisor
Niger: SEM Laouali LABO, Ambassador
New Zealand: Sarah McDOWELL, DPR
Norway: Petter Ølberg, Ambassador
Russia: PLATONOV Nikolai, Ambassdor
Singapore: Darryl Leong, DPR
Slovenia: Anita Pipan, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita BRZOBOHATÁ, Ambassador
UK: David Stranger-Jones, Legal Counsellor
Zimbabwe: Constance Zhanje, Minister Plenipotentiary
WTO Secretariat
Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
Universities
Andre Sapir, Columbia University
Jesse Kreier, Georgetown University
Peter Van der Bossche, WTI
MPIA Arbitrators
José Alfredo Graça LIMA
Mateo Diego-Fernandez ANDRADE
Locknie HSU
Valerie Hughes
Claudia Orozco
Guohua Yang
Others
Werner Zdouc, former Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
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