FMG Planned Sessions (September-December 2023)

No. Date and Time Topic Panel Format

1 Sept 6, Trump and his "tariff war" Internal
14:30-16:00
2 Sept 7, OECD Trade Strategy Marion Jansen Internal
15:00-16:00
3 Sept 11, Mexico's trade policies Fernando de Mateo Internal
15:00-16:00
4 Sept 22nd, TBC The achievements of WTO during the Ambassador of Internal
BRICS Summit and Ministers South Africa
Meetings
5 Sept 21, ICC Trade Strategy Hamid Mamdouh, Internal
15:00-16:00 Valerie Picard
(ICC)
6 October 4, Trade Policy Preview (TP-P) on SACU Clemens Open
15:00-16:30 （SACU TPR：25-27 October） Boonekamp, Simon
Evenett, Trudi
7 October 18, Hamid’s paper on Investment open
14:00-15:30 facilitation
https://intracen.org/file/ifdprovappmam
douhasoffeb09finalpdf-0
8 October Paper by Pradeep, Hamid and Peter
Draper “T20 Policy Brief on
Establishing a Consensus on
Development: on G20-LED WTO
Reforms”
(https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/
uploads/2023/05/T20_Policy-Brief_TF
-7_748.pdf)
9 Alan Wolff’s new book “Revitalizing open
the World Trading System”
10 November WTO trade policy review enhancement Ambassador of open
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/n Saudi Arabia (tbc)
ews23_e/tpr_26jul23_e.htm
11 November Jan Yves Remy’s book “Trade Policy Jan Yves Remy, open
and Gender Equality” Arancha (tbc)
12 November Working Lunch: Pre-MC13 Sean Doherty Physical
brainstorming with some Ambassadors Only
(jointly organized by FMG and WEF)
Note: Such dialogue with Ambassadors,
ministers and other active “strategic
thinkers” such as Arancha and Pascal
 Lamy when they are in town could be
held regularly once or twice a year
13 December US, EU proposals and DSB reform open
https://docsonline.wto.org/dol2fe/Page
s/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/Jobs/
DSB/4.pdf&Open=True
14 December WTO response to climate changes open
(EGA, environmental services, etc.)
15 TBC Accession of the United Kingdom to Ambassador of the Open
CPTPP UK, Deborah Elms
(tbc)
16 TBC Briefing on WTO SOM Santiago Wills
17 TBC Discussion on MC13 Survey
18 TBC AfCFTA and the WTO Axel Addy open
19 TBC The Impact of Subsidies on Trade and John Weekes open
Green Transition
20 TBC FMG One-pager on “ The Mercedes Araoz,
Underappreciated Benefits Of Deborah Elms, Mia
Multilateral Rules-Based Trade” Mikic and Sherry
Stephenson
21 TBC G20 outcomes Indian Ambassador