On 2 June, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on a survey carried out by Hinrich Foundation on the WTO and its article “Defending the multilateral tradingsystem: Survey findings on WTO reform”, authored by Chuin Wei Yap, program director for international trade research at Hinrich. Jonathan Fried, FMG Board member and former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO moderated the meeting.
At the meeting, Chuin Wei introduced the design and main outcomes of the survey, and shared his insights on the possible ways forward for the WTO reform. Then Sherry Stephenson, FMG Board member and the Services Convenor for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) shared her comments as discussant.
Around 50 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc.
Watch this session via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBfi3IDJ4uY.
Annex 1: Comments shared by Sherry
Comments on the survey findings of the Hinrich Foundation_June 2025_Stephenson
Annex 2: Notes of Jonathan for his opening remarks
Annex 3: Program
15:00-15:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Mario Matus (FMG)
15:02-15:05 Introduction
Speaker: Jonathan Fried (FMG)
15:05-15:45 Presentations
Moderator: Jonathan Fried (FMG)
15:05-15:25 Speaker: ChuinWei Yap (Hinrich Foundation)
15:25-15:45 Discussant: Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
15:45- 16:30 Discussions
Moderator: Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Annex 4: List of participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Axel Addy (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Deborah Elms (FMG)
Tim Groser (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Mohammad Saeed (FMG)
Andre Sapir (FMG)
Hector R Torres (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
II.WTO Missions
Bulgaria: Tsvetelina Dimitrova, Ambassador
Djibouti: Kadra Hassan, Ambassador
Russia: Nikolai Platonov, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita Brzobohatá, Ambassador
Sri Lanka: RGS Wijesekara, Ambassador
The Netherlands: Audrey Goosen, Ambassador
Spain: Agustín Navarro de Vicente-Gella, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Czech:Martin Tocik, DPR
Latvia: Renars Danelsons, DPR
Switzerland: Martin Zbinden, DPR
Estonia: Janne Kendla, DPR
The Netherlands: Robert Van Dijk, DPR
Brazil: Ciro Ferreira, diplomat
EU: davide grespan, Minister counsellor
EU: MP Nicora, Trade Policy Officer
Lybya: Imad taguri, Minister plenipotentiary
Russia: Oleg Savelev, Counsellor
Italy: Tiziana Zugliano, trade attaché
Sweden: Bjorn Dahlin van Wees, First Secretary
Russia: Sergei Tymma, First Secretary
Lithuania: Juste Mileviciute-Sliziene, Second Secretary
Australia: Kaitlyn Swainn, First Secretary
New Zealand: Arun Jain, First Secretary
Czech: Monika Ededy Müllerová, Third Secretary
Albania: Ina Loka, Intern
III.Think Tanks
ChuinWei Yap, Program director for Hinrich Foundation
William Reinsch, CSIS
IV.International Organizations
Valerie Picard, ICC
Adam Jakubik, IMF
V.Universities
Said El Hachimi, independent International Trade Advisor
VI.Others
Dale Honeck , Former Senior Counselor, WTO
José Braga, Brazilian Diplomat
Amy Porges, Porges Trade Law PLLC
Jorge Riaboi, Trade policy consultant-Newspaper columnist
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