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FMG Welcomes Four New Members
In March 2025, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) welcomes below four new members of FMG. Sumanta Chaudhuri https://fmg-geneva.org/sumanta-chaudhuri/ Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin https://fmg-geneva.org/ahmed-ihab-gamaleldin/ Trudi Hartzenberg...
Cecilia Malmström Hosted A Virtual Meeting with Michael Froman and Bernd Lange
On 12 February, Cecilia Malmström, FMG member, Nonresident Senior Fellow at PIIE and former member of the European Commission and the European Parliament hosted a virtual session with Michael Froman, Former US Trade Representative and Bernd Lange, Committee for...
FMG Welcomes Five New Members
In October 2024, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) welcomes below five new members of FMG. Willy Alfaro https://fmg-geneva.org/willy-alfaro/ Ignacio Garcia Bercero https://fmg-geneva.org/ignacio-garcia-bercero/ Ujal Singh Bhatia...
Change of FMG Board
In July and August 2024, FMG held its annual Board meeting and General Assembly and has decided on the change of FMG Board, among other issues. According to the Statutes of FMG, the terms of office of 3 Board members (Alejandro Jara, Patrick Low and Stuart Harbinson)...
FMG Board Meeting and General Assembly 2024
On July 23rd, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) held the Annual Board Meeting and on August 22th, FMG held the 2024 General Assembly. Both meetings were chaired by Alejandro Jara, Co-Chair of Board of FMG. At the two meetings, FMG Board and FMG members have...
Mohammad Saeed Joined FMG as a New Member
In July 2024, Mohammad Saeed, former Chief Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business at the International Trade Centre (ITC) Geneva joined FMG as a new member. His bio has been updated accordingly on our website: https://fmg-geneva.org/mohammad-saeed/.
FMG & IMF Meeting on WTO and Industrial Policy
On May 23, Prof. Xiankun LU, CEO of Friends of Mutilateralism Group, together with some other members of FMG, had an informal meeting with Michele Ruta, Deputy Division Chief in the Strategy and Policy Review Department of IMF and Martin Sommer, Deputy Chief in the...
Bernard Hoekman was Awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
On 11 April 2024, Bernard Hoekman, FMG member and Director of Global Economics at the Global Governance Programme, was awarded an an Advanced Grant from European Research Council (ERC) for his project “Plurilateral Integration and Noneconomic Objectives”. More...
Victor DO PRADO Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
On 14 March 2024, Victor DO PRADO, FMG member and former Director of the Council and TNC Division, WTO received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette conferred by Ambassador Oike Atsuyuki, Permanent Representative of Japan to to the International...
FMG Launches Its Second One-pager Input Paper: The Underestimated Costs of Protectionism
On 25th March 2024, FMG launches its second one-pager input paper "The Underestimated Costs of Protectionism", as a complement and follow-up to its first note launched during WTO Public Forum in 2023 (The first note can be view...