On 29 Jan, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on the ICC Report “Revitalising the multilateral trading system: Call for action”. FMG member and former Ambassador of Canada to the WTO John Weekes moderated this session.
At the meeting, Valerie Picard, Head of Trade at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) presented the report. Then Hamid Mamdouh, FMG Board member and former Director of the Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO and Stuart Harbinson, FMG member and former senior Hong Kong government trade policy official and negotiator shared their comments as discussants.
Nearly 40 people, 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://youtu.be/qtNUumCAqPQ?si=bdwfYp26-01hcNxu
Annex 1 Program
14:00-14:02
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
14:02-14:05
Introduction
Speaker: John Weekes(FMG)
14:05-14:50
Presentations
Moderator: John Weekes(FMG)
14:05-14:20
Speaker: Valerie Picard(FFMG)
14:20-14:35
Discussant: Hamid Mamdouh(FMG)
14:35-14:50
Discussant: Stuart Harbinson(FMG)
14:50- 15:30
Discussions
Moderator: John Weekes(FMG)
Annex 2 List of Paticipants
I.FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson(FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh(FMG)
Valerie Picard(FFMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Hilda AI-Hinai(FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal(FMG)
Willy Alfaro(FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp(FMG)
Jennifer Hillman(FMG)
Siqi Li(FMG)
Mario Matus(FMG)
Brad Mcdonald(FMG)
Mia Mikic(FMG)
Marco Molina(FMG)
Sherry Stephenson(FMG)
Xinquan Tu(FMG)
Alan Wolff(FMG)
II.Missions
Sweden: Nina Tornberg, Ambassador
Barbados: Matthew Wilson, Ambassador
Liechtenstein: Patrick Ritter, DPR
Spain: Maria Pilar Moran, DPR
Australia: Kristin Tilley, DPR
Denmark: Andres Christiansen, Minister Counsellor
Belgium: Bregt Kippers, Counsellor
Norway: Magnar Sundfor, Counsellor
Turkey: Ipek Bozoglu, Counsellor
Brazil: Lucas Sversut, Counsellor
Myanmar: Shwe Zin Ko, Counsellor
Hong Kong of China: Carol Tsang, Assistant Representative
Italy: Tiziana Zugliano, trade attaché
EU: MP Nicora, Trade Policy Officer
EU: Davide Grespan, Legal Advisor
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade Officer
III. International Organizations
Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD
Johanna Hill，WTO
IV. Think tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
Advaiyot Sharma, CUTS International
V. Universities
Carlos Primo Braga, Fundação Dom Cabral
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Stefan Tangermann, University of Göttingen
Joey Zhou, Shanghai Jiaotong University
VI. Others
Werner Zdouc, Werner Zdouc, Former Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic Outreach and WTO Chairs Programme
Roberto Osornio, Certeza Legal
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