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Opening Session

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Opening Session

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Session 1

Pascal Lamy's introductory remarks

Mutual Supportiveness of Trade, Climate Change and Development Objectives and Policies

Moderator:
Ms. Fiona Harvey — Environment Correspondent, Financial Times

Speakers:
Dr. Mari Pangestu — Minister of Trade from Indonesia
Mr. Thomas Becker — Deputy Permanent Secretary, Climate Change Negotiator for Denmark, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Denmark
H.E. Mr. Adrian Macey – Climate Change Ambassador, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Trade
Mr. Pascal Lamy — WTO Director-General

**** 12:30 — 14:00 Lunch break ****

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Session 2

High Level Panel:

Six Decades of Multilateral Trade Cooperation: The Way Forward

Moderator:
Mr. Alejandro Jara — Deputy Director-General, WTO Secretariat

Speakers:
Professor Ann Capling — University of Melbourne
Mr. Patrick Low — Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO Secretariat
Ms. Celine Charveriat — OXFAM International
Mr. Felix Peña — Trade Specialist, Argentina

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Session 3  

Moderator:
Mr. Atul Kaushik — Director, CUTS Geneva Resource Centre, Geneva

Speakers:
Dr. Veena Jha — Visiting Professorial Fellow, Warwick University, UK
Dr. Richard S. Newfarmer — Special Representative of the World Bank at the UN and WTO
Professor Simon Evenett — Professor, International Trade and Economic Development,
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dr. Selim Raihan — Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr. Mohammad A. Razzaque — Economic Adviser, Economic Affairs Division, International
Trade & Regional Co-operation Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, London

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Session 4  

Moderator:
Ms. Jacqueline Coté — International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Speakers:
Mr. Knut R. Sørlie — Asst. Director International Affairs & Trade Policy, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)
Mr. Gregor Kündig — Member of Executive Board, Head of International Affairs, economiesuisse, Swiss Business Federation
Mr. Alex Capri — Partner and Regional Leader, Asia — Trade and Customs, KPMG
Mr. Razeen Sally — Co-founder and Director of ECIPE

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Session 5    

Moderator:
Mr. Svend Robinson, Public Services International

Speakers:
Mr. Robert Stumberg — Director, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown University
Ms. Myriam Vander Stichele — Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
Mr. Roberto Bosch — Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the WTO
Mr. David Robinson — Executive Director of CAUT/ Education International consultant

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Session 6  

Moderator:
Ms. Claudia Orozco — Of Counsel, DLA Piper UK LLP

Speakers:
Professor Giorgio Sacerdoti — Member of the Appellate Body, WTO
H.E. Mr. Ujal Sing Bhatia — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of India to the WTO
Mr. Allan Beattie — World Trade Editor, Financial Times
Mr. Fernando Pierola — Advisory Centre on WTO

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Session 7    

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Session 8

Moderator:
Ms. Jaana Husu Kallio — Director General, Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira

Speakers:
Mr. Fábio Coelho Corrêa de Araújo — Member of the Technical Group on Animal Welfare of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Gustavo Idígoras — Minister Counsellor, Agricultural Affairs, Embassy of Argentina to the EU
Mr. Adolfo Sansolini —Trade Policy Advisor, RSPCA, WSPA, CIWF, Eurogroup for Animals
Ms. Sarah Stewart — Special Counsel, International Trade Policy, Humane Society International
 

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Session 9

Markets for Raw Material and Energy — What role for the WTO?

Moderator:
Mr. Reinhard Quick — Vice-Chair of the BUSINESSEUROPE WTO Working Group

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Eckart Guth — Ambassador — Permanent Representative of the European Communities to the WTO
Mr. Xiang Zhang — Deputy Permanent Representative for China to the WTO
Mr. Jun Kazeki — Counsellor, Mission of Japan to the WTO
Mr. Dmitry Lyakishev — Head of Trade Policy Section in the Russian Mission in Geneva

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Session 10

Moderator:
Mrs. Caroline Dommen — Director, 3D -> Trade — Human Rights — Equitable Economy

Speakers:
Professor Robert Howse — Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law
Professor Olivier de Schutter — UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Mr. Ibrahim Salama — Chief, Council and Treaties Branch, Offi ce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. Angélica Navarro Llanos — Ambassador of Bolivia to the UN and the WTO

Session 11:
Challenges & opportunities facing the main actors & stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

CANCELLED

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Session 12

Moderator:
Mr. Bernward Geier, Founder, Colabora

Speakers:
Mr. Francis Otu Acquah — Cocoa Farmer Ghana
Mr. Michiel Leijnse — Global Brand Development Manager Lipton, Unilever
Mr. Edward Millard — Sustainable Landscapes Manager, Rainforest Alliance

**** 18:15 - 20:15 Reception CR Lobby****

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Session 13

Moderator: Ms. Anne Laure Constantin — Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Speakers:
Ms. Arze Glipo — Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty
Mr. Brad McDonald — IMF Representative in Geneva
Mr. Olivier De Schutter — UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
H.E. Mr. Ujal Bhatia — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of India to the WTO

Respondent:
Mr. Wally Smith — Canada's Dairy, Poultry and Eggs Sectors (SM-5)

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Session 14

Moderator:
Mr. Gaspar Frontini — Chief Trade Economist, European Commission

Speakers:
Mr. Pierre Sauvé —Director of Studies, World Trade Institute
Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta — Secretary General, CUTS International
Dr. Simon Evenett — Professor, St. Gallen University
Mr. Denis Redonnet — Head of Unit, WTO, OECD and Dual-Use, European Commission

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Session 15  

Speakers:
Analysis of the consistency of maximum carbon intensity limitations applicable to domestic and imported products with WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Mr. Charles Verrill — Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Issues behind Carbon Leakage and Border Adjustments
Ms. Julia Reinaud — Policy Analist 

Discussants:
Perspectives on the role of the trade regime
H.E. Mr. Servansing — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the WTO
What can we do in light of dynamics and prospects of the multilateral trading system? 
H.E. Mr. Alberto J. Dumont — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the WTO

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Session 16

> World Trade Institute (WTI) paper

Moderator:
Mr. Christian Häberli — World Trade Institute

Speakers:
Ms. Carmel Cahill —Trade and Agriculture Directorate (OECD)
Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz — Executive Director, ICTSD
Mr. Flavio Damico — Permanent Mission of Brasil to the UN
H.E. Mr. Muhammad Noor Yacob — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Mission of Malaysia to the WTO

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Session 17  

Moderators:
Mr. Dirk Vantyghem —Eurochambres, Director International Affairs and
Mr. Stuart Newman — FTA, Legal Advisor

Speakers:
Mr. Munir Ahmed — International Textiles & Clothing Bureau (ITCB), Secretary General
Mr. Jacques H.J. Bourgeois — Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges)
Mr. Stefano Mingaia — Fan Gioielli SPA, Director
Mr. Elmer Schialer — Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva

Session 18:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

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Session 18

Moderator:
Mr. Rashid S. Kaukab — Deputy Director & Research Coordinator, CUTS Geneva Resource Centre, Geneva

Speakers:
Mr. Winfried Veit — Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Geneva
H.E. Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO
Mr. James Howard — Director, Economic & Social Policy, International Trade Union Confederation, Brussels
Professor Simon Evenett — Professor, International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Member of The Evian Group Brains Trust

Session 19:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

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Session 19  

Moderator:
Mr. Bernd Gruner — Secretary General of CELCAA — European Liaison Committee for the Agricultural and Agri-food Trade

Speakers:
Food security for meat products and its impact on future trade
Mr. Arne Mielken — Senior Trade Policy Adviser UECBV — European Livestock And Meat Trading Union SPS — a new barrier to trade?
Mr. Simon Pettinger — International Trade Adviser at FRESHFEL Europe — European Fresh Produce Association
Sustainability issues the particular case of biofuels
Mr. Jean-Michel Aspar — President of COCERAL
Geographical Indications
Mr. José Ramon Fernandez — Secretary General of CEEV — European Committee of Wine Enterprises

Session 20:
Challenges & opportunities facing the main actors & stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

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Session 20
 

Opening remarks:
Ms. Elisabeth Gauffin — Vice President of IFAP

Panel of main negotiating groups:
H.E. Mr. Eckart Guth — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Communities to the WTO
H.E. Mr. Ujal Singh Bhatia — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of India to the WTO
H.E. Mr. Peter Allgeier — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the WTO
Mr. Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita — Deputy, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the WTO
Closing remarks:
H.E. Mr. Crawford Falconer — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the WTO and Chairman of the Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture

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Session 21
 

Moderator:
Ms. Eva Molnar — Director, Transport Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Speakers:
Mr. Peter Krausz — Head, Goods Transport and Facilitation, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
Mr. Simon Bennett — Secretary, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
Mr. John Simpson — Director General, Global Express Association (GEA)
Mr. Colin Beaumont — Honorary Member, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)

Session 22:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

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Session 22
 

The “Fourth Freedom”:
Reaping the Gains of Economic Migration

Moderator:
Professor Joost Pauwelyn — Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration and Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute, Geneva

Speakers:
Mr. Vincent Chétail — Lecturer in International Law and Research Director at the Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Mr. Bimal Ghosh — Former ILO, IOM and UN official, Emeritus Professor at Colombia's Graduate School of Public Administration
Ms. Mina Mashayekhi — Head, Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, UNCTAD
Mr. Antoine Pécoud — Programme Specialist, International Migrations and Multicultural Policies Section, UNESCO
Professor Joel Trachtman — Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Session 23:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

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Session 23

Moderator:
Dr. Hilmar Rommetvedt — Head of Research, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS)

Speakers:
Changing power balances in the Doha negotiations: The impact of rising commodity prices
Mr. Dan Kim and Dr. Amrita Narlikar —Cambridge University:
Two-level games: The importance of domestic interests in trade negotiation
Professor Oluf Langhelle — University of Stavanger
India and the WTO
Professor Biswajit Dhar — Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Discussant:
Professor Carsten Daugbjerg — University of Aarhus

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Session 24

Moderator:
Mr. Mark Halle — Director, Trade and Investment, IISD

Speakers:
Professor Robert Wolfe — Queens’ University, Canada
Mr. Ronald Steenblik — Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD Trade & Agriculture Directorate
Mr. Pablo Klein — Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the WTO
Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz — Executive Director, ICTSD

Session 25:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

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Session 25

Trade and Development Policy for the 21st Century: Towards a Southern Consensus

Moderator:
Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director-General, RIS

Mr. Faizel Ismail – Head of the South African Delegation to the WTO, Geneva
Dr. Kevin Gallagher — Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at the Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
Dr. Mehdi Shafaeddin — Institut de recherches économiques (IRENE), Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Dr. Andres Lopez — Director, Research Center for Economic Change (CENIT) in Argentina

Session 26:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

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Session 26

The Future Role and Interactions of Main Actors and Stakeholders in Achieving Free Trade within the WTO Framework

Moderator:
Mr. Kwame Owino - Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya

Speakers:
Ms. Viviana Munoz Tellez — South Centre
Mr. Atul Kaushik — Director, CUTS Geneva Resource Centre, Geneva
Mr. Dan Owoko — Commercial Attaché, Kenyan Mission, Geneva, Switzerland

Session 27:
Challenges & Opportunities facing the WTO

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Session 27

South-South Cooperation and Regional Integration: A Gender Perspective

Moderator:
Ms. Graciela Rodriguez — IGTN Global Coordinator

Speakers:
Ms. Luisa Rodriguez — South Center
Ms. Hassania Chalbi-Drissi — Gender and Trade Africa (GENTA)

Session 28:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

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Session 28 

Moderator:
Mr. Sisule F. Musungu — President, Iqsensato

Speakers:
Ms.  Rachel  Kiddel-Monroe — Chair  of  the  Board, Universities Allied for Essential  Medicines,  Former  MSF  Access  to Essential Medicines Campaign
Canada Coordinator
Mr. Sunjay Sudhir — Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India to the WTO Geneva
Ms. Inthira Yamabhai — Researcher, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Bureau of Policy and Strategy-MOPH, Thailand
Dr. Jorge Bermudez — Executive-Secretary, UNITAID

Respondents:
Mr. Roger Kampf —  Counsellor,  Intellectual Property Division, WTO Secretariat
Mr. Gianluca Susta — Member of the European Parliament
Mr. Greg Perry — Director General, European Generic Medicines Association

**** 13:15 — 14:15 LUNCH BREAK ****

Session 29:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

Audio:
Session 29

Moderator:
Mr. Vicente Yu — South Centre

Speakers:
Ms. Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder — Center for International Environmental Law
Professor Robert Howse — Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law
Mr. Niall Meagher — Advisory Centre on WTO Law
Mr. Rene Urueña — University of Helsinki, Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research
 

Session 30:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 30 

Forging new comparative advantage:
Industrial policies’ revival and the potential clash with WTO disciplines?

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO
Ms. Mona Haddad — World Bank Sector Manager
Professor Robert L. Howse — New York University School of Law
Mr. Richard Newfarmer — Special Representative of the World Bank at the UN and WTO
Mr. José Manuel Salazar — ILO Executive Director of the Employment Sector and former Trade Minister of Costa Rica

Session 31:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

Audio:
Session 31

Moderator:
Dr. Theresa Carpenter — Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Speakers:
Professor Simon Evenett — Professor, International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dr. Peter Holmes — University of Sussex
Mr. Junior Lodge — Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Dr. Vera Thorstensen — Economic Advisor of the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN

Session 32:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 32

Moderator:
Mr. Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum

Speakers:
Mr. Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Services Division, WTO Secretariat
Ms. Myriam Van Der Stichele, Senior Researcher, SOMO — Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
Mr. Lode Van Den Hende, Lawyer, Herbert Smith LLP
Mr. Falou Samp , International Trade Centre

Session 33:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

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Session 33  

The Duty-Free and Quota-Free Market Access Decision: Challenges and Opportunities

Moderator:
Mr. Daniel Pruzin — Journalist, WTO Reporter, Bureau of National Affairs

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Mpho Malie — Former Minister of Trade & Industry, Cooperatives & Marketing, Kingdom of Lesotho
H.E. Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO
Mr. Cass Johnson — President, National Council of Textile Organizations
Mr. Liam Campling — PhD Candidate, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies
Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta — Secretary General, CUTS International

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Session 34  

Chair:
H.E. Mr. Pierre Pettigrew — former Canadian Minister for Trade

Speakers:
Professor Ann Capling — University of Melbourne
Professor Simon Evenett — St Gallen University
Professor Richard Higgott — Warwick University
Ms. Diana Tussie — FLACSO
 

Session 35:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 35

Moderator:
Dr. Esperanza Durán — Executive Director, AITIC

Mr. Elly Kamahungye — First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda, LDC focal point on Services
H.E. Ms. Elin Østebø Johansen — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Norway to the WTO
Mr. Pascal Kerneis — Managing Director, European Services Forum
 

Session 36:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 36

Leveraging Trade Policy toward Sound Environmental Governance: Legal and Economic Considerations Related to the Implementation of Market-Based Environmental Policies

Moderator:
Mr. Mark Halle — Director, Trade and Environment Program, IISD

Speakers:
Mr. Jason Potts — Manager, Sustainable Markets and Responsible Trade (SMART), IISD
Mr. Mark Sanctuary — Program Director, Entwined Consortium, IVL
Ms. Carolyn Fischer — Research Fellow, Resources for the Future

Session 37:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

Audio:
Session 37

Linking Multilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Development Implications of the Economic Partnership Agreements

Moderator:
Ms. Isabel Mazzei — Head of Geneva Advocacy Office, Oxfam International

Dr. Arthur Appleton — Appleton Luff International Lawyers
H.E. Mr. Roy Mickey Joy — Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Vanuatu to the EU and the Kingdom of Belgium  
Mr. Kenneth Quartey — President, Ghana Poultry Association  
Ms. Joy Kategekwa — Policy Adviser Oxfam International

Session 38:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 38

Moderator:
Mr. Enrique Mendizabal — Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute

Speakers:
Mr. Waldo Mendoza — Chief, Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Mrs. Juliana Peixoto — Investigadora, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales — FLACSO
Ms. Nicola Jones — Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute
Mr. Alan Fairlie — Coordinator, LATN Peru
Ms. Sheila Page — Senior Researcher, Overseas Development Institute

Session 39:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 39

Moderator:
Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal — Senior Adviser, Business & Trade Policy, International Trade Centre

Speakers:
Ms. Subhashini Abeysinghe — Economist, Economic Intelligence Unit, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Sri-Lanka
Mr. David Rasquinha — Chief General Manager, Project & Trade Finance Group, Export-Import Bank of India, Mumbai, India
Mr. Eddy Yeung — Chief Operating Officer, CIEL Group, Port Louis, Mauritius
Mr. Alexander Keck — Counsellor, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO

Session 40:
Challenges and opportunities facing the WTO

Audio:
Session 40

Moderator:
Mr. Anthony Gooch — Director, Public Affairs & Communications Directorate OECD

Speakers:
Mr. Joseph W. Allen — Director, Sustainable Development Remanufacturing Division
Caterpillar, Inc.
Dr. Moustapha Gueye Kamal — Environment Cluster Senior Programme Manager ICTSD
Dr. Alexandre Parola — Minister, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Mr. Ron Steenblik — Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD Trade & Agriculture Directorate
 

Session 41:
Ways forward for the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 41

Speakers:
The use of research for global coalition formation in trade negotiations at the WTO: The contrast between the G-33 and the G-20
Mr. Paul Mably — The G33, ICTSD
Ms. Diana Tussie — The G-20, Latin American Trade Network
Instrumental knowledge for trade policymaking
Ms. Susan Joekes — IDRC

Discussant:
Mr. Christophe Bellman — ICTSD

Session 42:
Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Main Actors & Stakeholders of the multilateral trading system

Audio:
Session 42

Moderator:
Ms. Natalia Shpilkovskaya — ICTSD

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Muktar Djumaliev — Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN/WTO
Ms. Olga Ponizova — Eco-Accord, Russia
Mr. Maxim Medvedkov — Head of Trade Negotiations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation
Mr. Hassan Karimov — Expert, Foundation to Support Civil Initiatives, Tadjikistan
Mr. Vugar Bayramov — Chair, Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan