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
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14:00-14:02 |
Opening Remarks Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG) |
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14:02-14:05 |
Introduction Speaker: Tatjana Sachse (FMG) |
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14:05-14:45 |
Presentations Moderator: Tatjana Sachse (FMG) |
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14:05- 14:15 |
Speaker 1: Jayashree Watal (FMG) |
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14:15-14:25 |
Speaker 2: Ambassador Simon Manley (UK) |
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14:25-14:35 |
Speaker 3: Ambassador Guilherme Patriota (Brazil) |
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14:35-14:45 |
Speaker 4: Ambassador Pimchanok Pitfield (Thailand) |
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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
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