On March 28th, 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized an online brainstorming session titled “Rethinking S&D in the WTO” based on FMG member Peter Draper’s report “Rethinking special and differential treatment in the World Trade Organization”. Deborah Elms, FMG member and the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre (ATC) moderated this session.
Peter Draper, FMG member and Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade in the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide, Pradeep S Mehta, FMG member and the founder Secretary General of the Jaipur-based Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International); and Axel ADDY, FMG member and the CEO of Ecocap Investment Group (EIG) shared their views on S&D and WTO reform and answered questions from the participants.
Over 60 participants including members of FMG, Friends 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/oC8EKexw9r0
Annex 1: Program
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11:00-11:05 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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11:05-11:10 |
Introduction Speaker: Deborah Elms (FMG) |
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11:10-11:40 |
Presentations Moderator: Deborah Elms (FMG) |
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11:10-11:24 |
Speaker 1: Peter Draper (FMG) |
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11:24-11:32 |
Speaker 2: Pradeep S Mehta (FMG)
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11:32-11:40 |
Speaker 3: Axel Addy (FMG) |
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11:40-12:30 |
Discussions |
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Moderator: Deborah Elms (FMG) |
Annex 2: List of confirmed participants
1.FMG/FFMG
Axel Addy (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Daniel Crosby (FMG)
Peter Draper (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Deborah Elms (FMG)
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Pradeep S Mehta (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FFMG)
2.WTO Missions
Mexico: Ángel Villalobos, Ambassador
Russia: Dmitry Lyakishev, Ambassador
South Africa: Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Fiji: Anare Leweniqila, DPR
Mexico: Ismael Ortiz, DPR
New Zealand: Alison Hamilton, DPR
Netherlands: Marcel Vernooij, DPR
Portugal: Francisco Saraiva, DPR
3.WTO Secretariat
Kessie Edwini, Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division
Robert Koopman, Director, Economic Research and Statistics 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
4.Internatioal Orgnizations
Julia Nielson, OECD
5.Universities
André Sapir, Université libre de Bruxelles
Henry Gao, Singapore Mangement University
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