On October 18, 2024, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on “Joining the Dots on Trade”. Tatjana Sachse, FMG member and Head of the international policy practice at Sidley Austin’s Geneva office moderated this session.    

 

At the meeting, Jayashree Watal, FMG member and former Counsellor in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO; Simon Manley, UK’s Ambassador to the WTO; Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Brazil’s Ambassador to the WTO; and Pimchanok Pitfield, Thailand’s Ambassador to the WTO shared their opinions on this topic. Then, the panelists answered questions from participants.

 

Nearly 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.

 

Recording of this session can be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO-3wTNOn7Y

 

Annex 1: Programme

 

14:00-14:02

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)

14:02-14:05

Introduction

Speaker: Tatjana Sachse (FMG)

 

 

14:05-14:45

Presentations

Moderator: Tatjana Sachse (FMG)

14:05- 14:15

Speaker 1: Jayashree Watal (FMG)

14:15-14:25

Speaker 2: Ambassador Simon Manley (UK)

14:25-14:35

Speaker 3: Ambassador Guilherme Patriota (Brazil)

14:35-14:45

Speaker 4:  Ambassador Pimchanok Pitfield (Thailand)

 

 

14:45- 15:30

Discussions

Moderator: Tatjana Sachse (FMG)

 

Annex 2: Confirmed Participant

FMG/FFMG

Xiankun Lu (FMG)

Willy Alfaro (FMG)

Axel Addy (FMG)

Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)

Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)

Ignacio Garcia Bercero (FMG)

Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)

Henry Gao (FMG)

Wenhua Ji (FMG)

Tatjana Sachse (FMG)

Sherry Stephenson (FMG)

Xinquan Tu (FMG)

Mohammed Saeed (FMG)

Peter Ungphakorn (FMG)

Jayashree Watal (FMG)

Janet Macharia (FMG)

Cecilia Malmström (FMG)

Brad McDonald (FMG)

Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)

Mia Mikic (FMG)

Alan Wolff (FMG)

Sean Doherty (FFMG)

 

WTO Secretariats

Johanna Hills, Deputy Director-General

 

WTO Missions

Argentina: Gustavo Lunazzi, Ambassador

Brazil: Guilherme Patriota, Ambassador

Cabo Verde: Clara Delgado, Ambassador

Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador

UK: Simon Manley, Ambassador

Uruguay: Alvaro Moerzinger, Ambassador

Korea:  PARK Jung Sung, DPR

Norway: Håvard Hugås, DPR

Israel: Rodolfo C. Rivas, Chief of Staff

Nerterlands: Robert van Dijk, Deputy Head

Slovenia: Maruša Baus, Counsellor

Libyan: Imad Taguri, Minister Plenipotentiary

Zimbabwe: Constance Zhanje, Minister Plenipotentiary

 

Universities

Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University