On 6 March, FMG organized a webinar to discuss the Panel Report (WT/DS623/R) on Tax Credits aspects of the US IRA. This webinar was moderated by Gabrielle Marceau, FMG member and former legal adviser at the WTO.

At this session, Deepak Raju, counsel at the Geneva office of Sidley Austin; Geraldo Vidigal, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA); Gary Horlic, former International Trade Counsel at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee; Nicolas Kohler-Suzuki, advisor for trade and economic security at the Jacques Delors Institute shared their insights on this panel report and answered the questions from the participants.

Over 40 participants including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, representatives from related international organizations, and experts from renowned think tanks and universities etc. attended this session.

Watch this session via YouTube: https://youtu.be/7RypfCijO40?si=21hwyPQlwqo2IN1V

Annex 1: Program

14:00-14:02

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Mario Matus (FMG)

14:02-14:05

Introduction

Speaker: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)

14:05-14:45

Presentations Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)

14:05-14:15

Speaker: Deepak Raju

14:15-14:25

Speaker: Geraldo Vidigal

14:25-14:35

Speaker: Gary Horlick

14:35-14:45

Speaker: Nicolas Kohler-Suzuki

14:45- 15:30

Discussions

Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)

Annex 2: List of participants

I.FMG/FFMG

Gabrielle Marceau(FMG)

Mario Matus(FMG)

Willy Alfaro(FMG)

Clemens Boonekamp(FMG)

Stuart Harbinson (FMG)

Wenhua Ji (FMG)

Alejandro Jara(FMG)

Jesse George Kreier(FMG)

Janet Njambi Macharia (FMG)

Rosine Plank (FMG)

II.Missions

China: Connie Yang, Counsellor

China: Yuchi Ma, Counsellor

Vietnam: Giang Pham, Counsellor

Guyana: Colin Luckie, First Secretary

Pakistan: Maryam Mumtaz, Legal Affairs Officer

Pakistan: Muhammad Riaz, Legal Affairs Officer

III. International Organizations

Adam Jakubik, IMF

Daniel Ramos, WTO

Anastasiia Koltunova, WTO

Graham Cook, WTO

Daniel Baker, WTO

Peri Mikayelyan, WTO

IV. Think tanks

Bill Reinsch, CSIS

V. Universities

Geraldo Vidigal, University of Amsterdam

Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University

Antoine Comont, Université Laval

Giorgio Sacerdoti, Bocconi University

Jie Li, Hunan University

Antoine Comont, Université Laval

VI. Others

Deepak Raju, Senior Lawyer,  Sidley Austin LLP

Gary Horlick, Former International Trade Counsel

Nicolas Kohler-Suzuki, Former Economic Affairs Officer with UNCTAD

Amy Porges, Principal, Porges Trade Law PLLC

Elettra Bargellini, European University Institute