The new chairs to the subsidiary bodies will take office when they have been formally elected by the committee or working party concerned. They are:

• Market Access Committee: Mr Anatoly Chaplin (Russian Federation)
• Agriculture Committee: Ms Maria Escandor (Philippines)
• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee: Mr Gregory MacDonald (Canada)
• Technical Barriers to Trade Committee: Mr Laurence Sandral (Australia)
• Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) Committee: Mr Manuel Chacón (Colombia)
• Antidumping Committee:  Ms Maarit Keitanen (Finland)
• Customs Valuation Committee: Mr Carlos Guevara (Ecuador)
• Rules of Origin Committee:  Mr Han-Ming Huang (Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)
• Import Licensing Committee:  Dr Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan)
• Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee:  Ms Sungyo Choi (Republic of Korea)
• Safeguards Committee: Mr Mustafa Tuzcu (Turkey)
• Working Party on State Trading Enterprises: Ms Johana Méndez (Panama)
• Trade Facilitation Committee: HE Ms Katrina Naut (Dominican Republic)
• Information Technology Agreement Committee: Ms Uma Muniandy (Singapore)

More information on the Goods Council and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is available here.