On 23 July 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a Webinar on OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review. Mia Mikic, Chair of FMG Board, former Director, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division in United Nations ESCAP moderated this session.

 

At the webinar, Marion Jansen, Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the OECD shared the key findings of the report. Peter Draper, FMG member and Director of the Institute for International Trade in the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide shared comments as discussant.

 

Nearly 30 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=U0ZdyCg0RC0.

 

 

Annex 1: Program

10:00-10:02 Opening Remarks

Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)

10:02-10:05 Introduction

Speaker: Mia Mikic (FMG)

10:05-10:45 Presentations

Moderator: Mia Mikic (FMG)

10:05-10:25 Speaker: Marion Jansen (OECD)

10:25-10:45 Discussant: Peter Draper (FMG)

10:45- 11:30 Discussions

Moderator: Mia Mikic (FMG)

 

Annex 2: List of participants

I.FMG/FFMG

Xiankun Lu (FMG)

Mia Mikic (FMG)

Peter Draper (FMG)

Deborah  Elms (FMG)

Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)

Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG)

Willy Alfaro (FMG)

Bernard Hoekman (FMG)

Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)

Tim Groser (FMG)

Wenhua Ji (FMG)

Janet Macharia (FMG)

Luz Maria de la Mora (FFMG)

 

II.WTO Missions

HK of China: Carol Tsang, Assistant Representative

EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade officer

Brazil: Marianna Goulart, Diplomat

Singapore: Peter Drage, Research Officer

 

III.International Organizations

Riham Marii, ICC

Natalie Deblue, WIPO

Marion Jansen, OECD

Janos Ferencz, OECD

Przemek Kowalski, OECD

Johannes Laepple

 

VII.Universities

Qigang Yuan, Professor, Shandong University of China

wajirani adhihetty, Victoria university

 

IV.Others

Frank Liddell, Dalian Infobank Co., Ltd

Elizabeth Chelliah, Ministry of trade and investment of Singapore