On 20 Nov 2025, FMG co-organized a webinar based on the WTO Publication “Trade For Peace: Pathways To Sustainable Trade And Peace” together with the Trade for Peace team of the WTO Accessions Division. This session was moderated by Axel Addy, FMG member, former Minister of Commerce and Industry of Liberia, and also one of the contributors to the publication.
At this session, Roberta Piermartini, Chief of Applied Economic Research at the WTO introduced this publication, then Serge Stroobants Director of Europe and the MENA region and the Global Director for Security, Defence and Intelligence at the Institute for Economics and Peace, and Simon Evenett FMG member and Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD shared their insights on the relations between trade and peace, the potential of the multilateral trading system to support peace-building efforts in fragile and conflict-affected settings etc.
Nearly 40 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.
Recording of this session could be watched via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s4cHA86pno&t=332s
It could also be listened on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RIlf7A3B2ZKlllaQBDxdn?go=1&sp_cid=b41853a176a71be74389252a78cdc2ba&utm_source=spotify_web_player&utm_medium=mobile&fallback=getapp&nd=1&signupPrompt=1&dlsi=572d287e13fb407f
Annex 1: Program
15:00-15:02 Opening Remarks
Speaker: Xiankun Lu (FMG)
15:02-15:07 Introduction
Speaker: Roberta Piermartini (WTO)
15:07-15:30 Presentations
Moderator: Axel Addy (FMG)
15:10-15:20 Speaker: Serge Stroobants (IEP)
15:20-15:30 Speaker: Simon Evenett (FMG)
15:30-16:00 Discussions
Moderator: Axel Addy (FMG)
Annex 2: List of Participants
Xiankun Lu (FMG)
Axel Addy (FMG)
Simon Evenett (FMG)
Jonathan Fried (FMG)
Willy Alfaro (FMG)
Patrick Low (FMG)
Henry Gao (FMG)
Maxim Medvedkov (FMG)
Xinquan Tu (FMG)
Petros C. Mavroidis (FMG)
Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
Maria L. Pagan (FMG)
Gabrielle Marceau (FMG)
Rosine Plank (FMG)
Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
John Weekes (FMG)
II.Missions
Slovak: Judita Brzobohatá, Ambassador
Brazil: Lucas Sversut, counsellor
Thailand: Pilanya Niyomthai, DPR
Libya: Imad Taguri, Minister Plenipotentiary
Israel: Rodolfo Rivas, Chief of Staff
EU: Hene Leht-Blight, Trade Officer
III. International Organizations
Maika Oshikawa WTO
Roberta Piermartini, WTO
Amanda Sayuri Miashiro, WTO
Anais Wardak , WTO
Kevin Tannous, WTO
Muhanna Al Lawati , WTO
Joanna Kahumbu, WTO
Sam Sahilemariam, WTO
Rohini Acharya, WTO
Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD
Adam Jakubik, IMF
IV. Think tanks
Serge Stroobants, Institute for Economics and Peace
V. Universities
Robert Wolfe, Queen’s University
Carmen Parra Rodríguez, Abat Oliba CEU University
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