On 9 April, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) organized a webinar on Trump Trade Policy and WTO Reform. Stuart Harbinson, FMG member and former Chief Representative of Hong Kong China to the WTO moderated this session.
William A. Reinsch, Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Wendy Cutler, FMG member and former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Jennifer Hillman, FMG member and former judge of the Appellate Body of the WTO; and Alan Wolff, FMG Board member, former Deputy Director-General of the WTO shared their views on Trump Trade Policy and its impact on the global trade and the WTO reform, as well as the way forward etc.
Over 90 participants joined the session, including members of FMG, Ambassadors/DPRs of WTO members, and experts from renowned think tanks etc.
Recording of this session could be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqPmOZkh340.
Annex 1: Programme
14:00-14:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Mario Matus (FMG)
14:02-14:05 Introduction
Speaker: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
14:05-14:45 Presentations
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
14:05- 14:15 Speaker 1: William A. Reinsch (CSIS)
14:15- 14:25 Speaker 2: Wendy Cutler (FMG)
14:25- 14:35 Speaker 3: Jennifer Hillman (FMG)
14:35- 14:45 Speaker 4: Alan Wolff (FMG)
14:45- 15:30 Discussions
Moderator: Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Annex 2: List of participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Stuart Harbinson (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Wendy Cutler (FMG)
Jennifer Hillman (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Hilda Al-Hinai (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
Sumanta Chaudhuri (FMG)
Deborah Elms (FMG)
Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Masamichi Kono (FMG)
Robert Koopman (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Maxim Medvedkov (FMG)
Rosine M. Plank-brumback (FMG)
Victor do Prado (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
Hector R Torres (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Jayashree Watal (FMG)
II.WTO Missions
Brazil: Guilherme Patriota, Ambassador
Bulgaria:Tsvetelina Dimitrova, Ambassador
France: Emmanuelle Ivanov-Durand, Ambassador
India: Senthil Pandian, Ambassador
Norway: Petter Ølberg, Ambassador
Poland: Joanna Hawryluk, Ambassador
Russia: Nikolai Platonov, Ambassador
Slovak Republic: Judita Brzobohata, Ambassador
South Africa: Mzukisi Qobo, Ambassador
Hongkong, China: Winky So, Permanent Representative
Costa Rica: Jaime Coghi Arias, DPR
Chile: Olivia Cook, DPR
Barbados: Kay Sealy, DPR
EU: Hiddo Houben, DPR
France: Alix Rancurel, DPR
German: Ulrike Eitelhuber, DPR
Israel: Shir Slutzky, DPR
Japan: Norifumi Kondo, DPR
Liechtenstein: Patrick Ritter, DPR
Singapore: Seow Chen Seah, DPR
Switzerland: Martin Zbinden, DPR
China: Yuchi Ma, Counsellor
Australia: Jessica Dickerson, Counsellor
Ethiopia: Lisanework Gorfu Wubachew, Minister
Egypt: Sarah HAMED, Delegate
EU: Davide Grespan, Legal Adviser
EU: MP Nicora, Trade Policy Officer
EU: Giulio Menato, Agriculture Counsellor
EU: Kristina Grutschreiber, Counsellor
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade officer
Ghana: Maxwell Apenkro, Minister Counsellor
Guyana: Kerry Karim, Counsellor
Iceland: Ögmundur Magnússon, Counsellor
Mongolia : Enkhtsetseg Sainjargal, Counsellor
Montenegro: Goran scepanovic, Counsellor
New Zealand: Arun Jain, WTO Policy Offier
Slovak Republic: Michal Majtan, Senior State Counsellor
Singapore: Peter Drage, Research Officer
Thailand: Pattarapol Kamolsilp, Counsellor
The Netherlands: Robert van Dijk, Deputy Head
Uruguay: Marcos da Rosa, Delegate
Zimbabwe: Ndudzo Tugtwete, Counsellor
Albania: Artan Fida, First Secretary
Russia: Seiger Tymma, First Secretary
New Zealand: Catherine Rissel, First Secretary
Egypt: Shaimaa Hedaya, Second Secretary
EU: Benoist Evelyne, Assistant
III.WTO Divisions and Secretariat
Maika Oshikawa, Director, Accessions Division
Bright Okogu, Chief of staff
Iryna Polovets, Advisor to DDG
Mena Hassan, Counsellor, Accessions Division
Hang Tran, Counsellor, Development Division
IV.Think Tanks
William Reinsch, CSIS
V.International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD
Jan Bohanes, ACWL
Riham Marii, ICC
VI.Universities
Peter Van den Bossche, Professor, WTI
Stefan Tangermann,University of Göttingen
Qigang Yuan, Shandong University of Finance and Economics
VII.Others
Said Al Riyami, Economic Expert, Ministry of Commerce of Oman
Neville Totaram, Chief Trade Negotiator at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guyana
Barbaglia Eliane, Assistant to the Legal Counsellor, European Commission
Dale Honeck, WTO, Former Senior Counselor
Tetyana Payosova, Senior Associate in Van Bael & Bellis’ Geneva office
Carl-Henry Cadet, Journalist, Le Nouvelliste
Tian Xi, Johnson & Johnson, Senior manag
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