General Council
WTO chairpersons for 2026
The WTO General Council, on 11 March 2026, noted consensus on a slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies.
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Note
This note has been prepared by the WTO Secretariat to assist public understanding about the work of the WTO's councils, committees and other bodies. It is not intended as a complete account of all issues raised at the meeting. These can be found in the formal meeting minutes.
WTO chairpersons for 2026
Regular bodies
| General Council | H.E. Ms Clare Kelly (New Zealand) |
| Dispute Settlement Body | H.E. Mr Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil) |
| Trade Policy Review Body | H.E. Ms Nella Pepe Tavita-Levy (Samoa) |
| Council for Trade in Goods: | H.E. Mr Erwin Bollinger (Switzerland) |
| Council for Trade in Services | H.E. Mrs Audrey Goosen (Netherlands) |
| Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights | H.E. Mr Alaa Hegazy (Egypt) |
| Committee on Trade and Development | H.E. Mr Elmer Jose German Gonzalo Schialer Salcedo (Peru) |
| Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions | H.E. R.G.S.P.K. Wijesekara (Sri Lanka) |
| Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration | H.E. Ms Carmen Heidecke (Germany) |
| Committee on Trade and Environment | H.E. Mr Ram Prasad Subedi (Nepal) |
| Committee on Regional Trade Agreements | H.E. Ms Clara Manuela da Luz Delgado Jesus (Cabo Verde) |
| Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance | H.E. Dr José Roberto Sánchez-Fung (Dominican Republic) |
| Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology | H.E. Sumathi Balakrishnan (Malaysia) |
The new chairs will be formally elected by the WTO regular bodies concerned at their next meeting, following the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in late March. The Chair of the General Council will also be elected at the next regular General Council meeting in May.
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