On June 21 2023, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss “What Can We Learn from MPIA for DSU Reform”. Jonathan T. Fried, FMG member and former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO moderated this session.
At the meeting, Mauricio Salcedo, Head of International Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism of Colombia; Niall Meagher, Executive Director of the ACWL; James Flett, Deputy to the Director of the Trade Policy and WTO Team of the European Commission Legal Service shared their insights on what we can learn from MPIA for DSU reform. Jesse Kreier, former Acting Director of WTO Rules Division; and Petros C. Mavroidis, FMG member and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School shared their comments. Then, the speakers answered the questions from the participants.
More than 60 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, Directors of WTO divisions, MPIA Arbitrators, 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=jLBx8JbCm1A.
Annex 1: Programme
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15:00-15:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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15:02-15:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Jonathan T. Fried (FMG) |
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15:05-15:55 |
Presentations Moderator: Jonathan T. Fried (FMG) |
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15:05- 15:20 |
Speaker 1: Mauricio Salcedo (University Externado de Colombia) |
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15:20- 15:35 |
Speaker 2: Niall Meagher (ACWL) |
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15:25-15:40 |
Speaker 3: James Flett (European Comission) |
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15:40-15:48 |
Discussant 1: Jesse Kreier (Georgetown University Law Center) |
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15:48-15:56 |
Discussant 2: Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG) |
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15:56- 16:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Jonathan T. Fried (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of Confirmed Participants
- FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Axel Addy (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Daniel Crosby (FMG)
Deborah Elms (FMG)
Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Jianzhong Huang (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Masamichi KONO (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Fernando De Mateo (FMG)
Pradeep S Mehta (FMG)
Michitaka Nakatomi (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Peter Ungphakorn (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Petros C. MAVROIDIS (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
- WTO Missions
EU: João Aguiar MACHADO, Ambassador
Germany: Betinna Waldmann, Ambassador
India: P.S. GANGADHAR, Ambassador
Korea: Jung Sung PARK, Ambassador
Montenegro: Slavica Milacic, Ambassador
Russian Federation: Dmitry LYAKISHEV, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita Brzobohatá, Ambassador
Norway: Petter ØLBERG, Ambassador
Argentina: Josefina Bunge, DPR
Australia: Jeremy Green, DPR
Costa Rica: Jaime Coghi, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Hong Kong SAR of China: Drew LAI, DPR
Hungary: Szilárd MOGYORÓSI, DPR
Israel: Shir Slutzky, DPR
Ireland: Clare MCNAMARA, DPR
Luxembourg: Christiane Daleiden, DPR
- 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
- MPIA Arbitrators
Joost Pauwelyn
Claudia Orozco
Mateo Diego-Fernández
Valerie Hughes
- Think Tanks
Bill Reinsch, PIIE
- Universities
Peter Van den Bossche, WTI
Andre Sapir, Columbia University
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