On 10 Nov, FMG organized a webinar entitled “Pax Sinica: Options for the WTO and for Latin America”. This session was moderated by Victor Do Prado, FMG member, former Director of the Division for Council and TNC Affairs, WTO.
At this session, Carlos Braga, Professor of Fundacäo DomCabal, former Director of Economic Policy, World Bank; Mercedes Araoz, FMG Board member, former Vice President of Peru; Fernando de Mateo. FMG member; former Mexican Ambassador to the WTO and Guillermo Valles Galmes, FMG member, former Uruguayan Ambassador to the WTO shared their insights on China’s economic growth and U.S. trade policies, and their impact on Latin America, the role of Latin America in the WTO reform etc.
Recording of this session could be watched via: https://youtu.be/lAsr3t-sGmA
Annex 1: Progam
15:00-15:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
15:02-15:05 Introduction
Speaker: Victor Do Prado (FMG)
15:05-15:45 Presentations
Moderator: Victor Do Prado (FMG)
15:05-15:15 Speaker: Carlos Braga (Fundação Dom Cabral)
15:15-15:25 Speaker: Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
15:25-15:35 Speaker: Fernando de Mateo (FMG)
15:35-15:45 Discussant: Guillermo Valles Galmes (FMG)
15:45- 16:30 Discussions Moderator: Victor Do Prado (FMG)
Annex 2: List of Participants
I.FMG/FFMG
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Victor Do Prado (FMG)
Fernando de Mateo (FMG)
Mercedes Araoz (FMG)
Guillermo Valles Galmes (FMG)
Bernard Hoekman (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Rajesh Aggarwal (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Mario Matus (FMG)
Alejandro Jara (FMG)
Janet Njambi Macharia (FMG)
Jesse Kreier (FMG)
Keith Rockwell (FMG)
Hector Torres (FMG)
Marco Molina (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
Alan Wolff (FMG)
Luz Maria de la Mora (FFMG)
II.Missions
Djibouti: Kadra Ahmed Hassan, Ambassador
Guyana: Leslie Ramsammy, Ambassador
Portugal: Tiago Serras Rodrigues, DPR
Uruguay: Gustavo Vanerio, DPR
Ghana: Sampson Abankwa, Minister Counsellor
Australia: Carly Stevens, Counsellor
Brazil: Lucas Sversut, Counsellor
EU: Davide Grespan, Legal Advisor
Slovenia: Špela Kučan, Trade Policy Officer
III. Governments
Remco Vahl, European Commission
María Garcia, Ecuador
Leonor Alamilla, Mexico
José Razo, Mexico
Jose Roberto Islas Telich, Mexico
IV. International Organizations
Adam Jakubik, IMF
Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD
V. Think tanks
Renato Baumann, Institute of Applied Economic Research
VI. Universities
Carlos Primo Braga, Fundação Dom Cabral
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Jorge Alberto Perez Millan, El Colegio de México
Gustavo Vega, El Colegio de México
Joey Zhou, Shanghai Jiaotong University
VII. Others
Werner Zdouc, Former Director, Knowledge and Information Management, Academic
Roberto Osornio, Certeza Legal
María Cristina Hernández Zermeno, independent counsellor
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