On 14 May, 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on on the Implications of Trade Tensions for the Global Economy. Robert Koopman, FMG Member and former Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization moderated the meeting.
At the meeting, Barbara D’Andrea Adrian, Chief of the International Trade Statistics Section within the WTO’s Economic Research and Statistics Division; Michele Ruta, Deputy Chief in the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the IMF; Simon Evenett, FMG member, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at the University of St. Gallen and founder of the Global Trade Alert shared their insights on the recent trade tensions and their implications for the global economy, and then the participants had a discussion.
This meeting is based on below reports:
- WTO Global Trade Outlook and Statistics reportby WTO
- World Economic Outlookby IMF
- Is a wave of Chinese products coming your way? Identifying potential Chinese exportRedirection in 2024 U.S. trade data by Simon Evenett
- Redirecting chinese exports from the USA: Evidence on trade deflection from the firstS.-China trade war by Simon Evenett
Over 60 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=AbSm3KCKoYM
Anenx 1: Programme
15:00-15:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
15:02-15:05 Introduction
Speaker: Robert Koopman (FMG)
15:05-15:45 Presentations
Moderator: Robert Koopman (FMG)
15:05-15:20 Speaker: Barbara D’Andrea Adrian (WTO)
15:20-15:35 Speaker: Michele Ruta(IMF)
15:35-15:45 Speaker: Simon Evenett(FMG)
15:45- 16:30 Discussions
Moderator: Robert Koopman (FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Hilda AI-Hlnai (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Jennifer Hillman (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Wenhua Ji (FMG)
Masamichi Kono (FMG)
Jesse Kreier (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Cecilia Malmstrom (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG)
Hamish McCormick (FMG)
Brad McDonald (FMG)
Mia Mikic (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Mohammad Saeed (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
WTO Missions
Netherlands: Audrey Goosen, Ambassador
France: Emmanuelle Ivanov-Durand, Ambassador
Sweden: Nina Tornberg, Ambassador
Thailand: Pimchanok Pitfield, Ambassador
Russia: Tatina Tsukanova, DPR
Türkiye: Aykut Renda, DPR
Latvia: Renars Danelsons, DPR
Slovenia: Špela Kučan, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
Nepal: Durga Bhusal, Counsellor
Cambodia:Kong Sokheng, Counsellor
EU: Martin Gajda, Counsellor
EU: Zampetti Americo, Minister Counsellor
Brazil: José Antonio Cury Gonçalves Braga, Ministre-Conseiller
Czech: Martin Tocik, Counsellor
Colombia: Gustavo Guarin, Counsellor
Bangladesh: Md Selim Hossen, Commercial Counsellor
Myanmar: Zarni Myint Swe, Counsellor
Ghana: Maxwell Apenkro, Minister Counsellor
Netherlands: Robert Van Dijk, Deputy Head Of The Economic And Development Division
Italy: Tiziana Zugliano, Trade Attaché
Italy: Tiziana Zugliano, Trade Attachè
Cambodia: Nen Chansamuth, Commercial Attache
Singapore: Peter Drage, Research Officer
Albania: Artan Fida, First Secretary
Brunei: Chee Leong Chan, First Secretary
Egypt: Reem Eldahshan, First Secretary
Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
International Organizations
Barbara D’Andrea Adrian, WTO
Michele Ruta, IMF
Johanna Hill, DDG, WTO
Tianchen Cao, Economic Affairs Officer, WTO
Hang Tran, Counselor , WTO
Bright Okogu, Chief of Staff, WTO
Universities
Peter Van den Bossche, World Trade Institute
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Carlos Primo Braga, Fundação Dom Cabral
Others
Wayne McCook, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM
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