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Anabel González Continues to Be a FFMG
Anabel González, Vice President of Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) continues to be a FFMG. Anabel González is one of the first FMG members and FMG Board Members. During her tenure as Deputy Director-General of WTO, she was appointed as a FFMG by Ngozi...
FMG Launches Its First One-pager Input Paper for the WTO Public Forum
Recently, Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) and its members following with worries about the trade policy trends around the world, from threats to launch "tariff wars", to waste tax payers money on distorting subsidies, to struggle with where to position private...
FMG Annual Board Meeting and General Assembly 2023
On 17th August 2023, FMG has held the Annual Board Meeting which was moderated by Patrick Low, Co-Chair of the Board and former Chief Economist of WTO. And on 23rd August, FMG has held the General Assembly 2023, moderated by Alejandro Jara, Co-Chair of the Board and...
FMG Member Pradeep Mehta Joined the WTO Civil Society Advisory Group
On 21 June, Director-General of the WTO Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announced the establishment of two advisory groups, one comprising leaders from the business community and the other bringing together prominent civil society representatives. FMG member Pradeep Mehta joined...
FMG Welcomes Two New Members and Two New Friends of FMG
In July 2023, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) welcomes two new members of FMG and two new Friends of FMG (FFMG). Henry GAO, FMG Brad MCDONALD, FMG Niall MEAGHER, FFMG Michele RUTA, FFMG Their bios can be found via...
Xiankun Lu Was Invited to Join CGTN Panel on BRICS Development
On June 30, Professor Xiankun Lu, CEO of the Friends of Multilateralism (FMG) was invited to join the panel for the discussion on “The growing appeal of the BRICS group" held by China Global Television Network (CGTN). The discussion mainly focused on the economic...
FMG Welcomes Six New Members
In March 2023, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) welcomes six new members of FMG. Jianzhong HUANG Masamichi KONO Siqi LI Petros C. MAVROIDIS Cristián RODRÍGUEZ-CHIFFELLE Colette VAN DER VEN Their bios can be found...
FMG Member Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres Appointed as Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary
In January 2023, FMG member Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres was appointed as Foreign Trade Secretary of Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Brazil. FMG congratulate Tatiana for the new job, and highly appreciate her active participation in FMG...
FMG Member Jayashree Watal Was Interviewed on TRIPS Waiver
In January 2023, Jayashree Watal, FMG member and Professor at the National Law University, Delhi was interviewed by Professor Terry Fisher of Harvard Law on TRIPS negotiations and the waiver. This interview is a part of the Harvard-WIPO course on Patents and Global...
FMG Strategic Review 2022
On 13 and 14 Dec 2022, the Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG) held two Strategic Review sessions. Members reviewed the activities FMG has organized so far, whether these have served their intended purpose, and proposed their suggestions on improving the...