On 21 May 2026, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized the 14th session of its “Trade Policy Preview” (TP-P) brainstorming series on Japan. Clemens Boonekamp, FMG Board member and former Director of Trade Policies Review of the WTO moderated this session.
Simon Evenett, FMG member and Founder of Global Trade Alert; Shujiro Urata, Senior Research Affiliate at BASC and Professor of Economics at Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda
University; Jonathan Fried, FMG Board member and former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO; Paul Nadeau, adjunct assistant professor at Temple University’s Japan campus, co-founder & editor of Tokyo Review shared their views on the trade policies of Japan.
Over 30 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, and experts from renowned think tanks etc.
FMG has launched the brainstorming initiative titled “Trade Policy Preview” (TP-P) to host a candid and forward-looking dialogue on trade policy trends of key players of the WTO and their implications on the WTO reform discussions. FMG has successfully organized 14 TP-P sessions on China, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil, U.S.A, Japan, EU, SACU, China, Nigeria, Australia, the UK and Japan.
Recording of this session could be watched via: https://youtu.be/s2HW8vfdW5k?si=UpKxmrB3mbvqOplQ
Annex 1: Program
14:00-14:05
Introduction
Speaker: Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
14:05-14:45 Presentations
Moderator: Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
14:05-14:15 Speaker: Simon Evenett (FMG)
14:15-14:25 Speaker: Jonathan Fried (FMG)
14:25-14:35 Speaker: Shujiro Urata
14:35-14:45 Speaker: Paul Nadeau
14:45- 15:30 Discussions
Moderator: Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Annex 2: List of Participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Hiromi Yano (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Xiaopeng Yin (FMG)
II.Missions
Norway: Håvard Hugås, DPR
Dominica: Ariel Gautreaux, Counsellor
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade Officer
Jamaica: Peter Bailey, Foreign Service Officer
Japan: Yuta Takamiya, Second Secretary
Pakistan: Haja Ranaivo, Trade Development Officer
Misión Permanente de España en Ginebra: Aize Azqueta, Agregada comercial
Viet Nam: Giang Pham, Counsellor
Estonia: Janne Kendla, DPR
Mission permanente de Mauritanie : Mohamed Ahmed dekle, Premier Conseiller
Czech: Monika Ededy Müllerová, Third Secretary
III. Government
Iraq: Liwa Al-Farhani
Iraq: Zena Alani
IV. International Organizations
Natalie Deblue, WIPO
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Ana Cristina Molina, WTO
V. Think Tanks
Jeffrey Schott, PIIE
Andrey Eydlin, Program Manager, Global Trade Alert
Octavia Cerchez, Geneva Interdisciplinary Center for Economics and Law
VI. Universities
Shujiro Urata, Waseda University
Paul Nadeau, Temple University
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
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