On April 7, 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a brainstorming session to discuss the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on trade and gender. Sherry Stephenson, FMG member, Consultant with the Services Network of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) moderated this session.
Mia Mikic, FMG Board member and former Director of Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the United Nations ESCAP; Jane Korinek, Economist and Trade Policy Analyst, Trade in Services Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD; and Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor in the Research Division (ERSD) of the WTO Secretariat, shared their insights on this topic. Alison Hamilton, DPR of New Zealand and Markus Jelitto, Counsellor for Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO shared their comments about this subject, including the historic provision on gender equality in recently-concluded WTO negotiations on Services Domestic Regulation, followed by discussions among participants.
Nearly 30 participants including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, and representatives from related international organizations attended this session.
Recording of this session can be watched via: https://youtu.be/r9qN28u89ZM
Annex 1: Program
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14:30- 14:32 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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14:32- 14:35 |
Introduction Speaker: Sherry Stephenson (FMG) |
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14:35-15:20 |
Presentations Moderator: Sherry Stephenson (FMG) |
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14:35- 14:50 |
Speaker 1: Mia Mikic (FMG) |
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14:50- 15:05 |
Speaker 2: Jane Korinek (Economist and Trade Policy Analyst, Trade in Services Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD) |
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15:05- 15:20 |
Speaker 3: Gabrielle Marceau (Senior Counsellor in the Research Division (ERSD) of the WTO Secretariat) |
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15:20- 16:00 |
Discussions |
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Moderator: Sherry Stephenson (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
1.FMG
Axel Addy (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Harmid Mamdouh (FMG)
Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Peter Ungphakorn (FMG)
John M Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
2.WTO Missions
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin, Ambassador
Guyana: Neville Basilio Totaram, Ambassador
Sweden: Mikael Anzen, Ambassador
Netherlands: Marcel Vernooij, DPR
New Zealand: Alison Hamilton, DPR
3.WTO Secretariat
Robert Koopman, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division
Werner Zdouc, Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
Markus Jelitto, Counsellor for Trade in Services and Investment Division
4.International Organizations
Jane Korinek, OECD
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
5.Universities
Henry Gao, Singapore Management University
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