On February 8, 2024, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session to discuss about WTO Reform and MC13-Private Sector Perspective. Patrick Low, FMG member and Professor of Columbia Law School moderated this session.
At the meeting, Valerie Picard, Head of Trade at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Hamid Mamdouh, FMG member and former Director of Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO; João Aguiar Machado, Ambassador of EU to the WTO; Matthew Wilson, Ambassador of Barbados to the WTO shared their opinions on this topic. Then, the panelists answered the questions from the participants.
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.
Recording of this session can be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31P7-bPnwXo.
Annex 1: Programme
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14:00-14:05 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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14:05-14:45 |
Presentations Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG) |
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14:05- 14:15 |
Speaker 1: Valerie Picard (ICC) |
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14:15-14:25 |
Speaker 2: Hamid Mamdouh (FMG) |
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14:25- 14:35 |
Speaker 3: Ambassador João Aguiar Machado (EU) |
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14:35-14:45 |
Speaker 4: Ambassador Matthew Wilson (Barbados) |
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14:45- 15:30 |
Discussions Moderator: Patrick Low (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of Confirmed Participants
FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Deborah Elms (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Janet MACHARIA (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Petros Mavroidis (FMG)
Colette van der Ven (FMG)
Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Valerie Picard (FFMG)
Niall Meagher (FFMG)
Sean Doherty (FFMG)
WTO Missions
Austria: Brigitte LÜTH, Counsellor
Barbados: Matthew Wilson, Ambassador
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mirza Hujić, Assistant Minister
Egypt: Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN, Ambassador
EU: João Aguiar Machado, Ambassador
Hongkong, China: Drew LAI, DPR
Germany: Bettina Waldmann, Ambassador
Korea: Jung Sung PARK, DPR
The Repblic of Niger: Laouali Labo, Ambassador
Russian Federation: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
Singapore: Darryl Leong, DPR
Sweden: Nina Tornberg, Ambassador
Switzerland: Martin Zbinden, DPR
Slovak Republic: Judita BRZOBOHATÁ, Ambassador
WTO Secretariat
Willy Alfaro, Director, Trade Policies Review Division
Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor for Research on Legal Policy, Economic Research and Statistics Division
InternationalOrganizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Universities
Wenhua Ji, UIB
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