Global Governance at a Crossroads: Finding Solutions to Challenges Facing the Trade System - Video

The 12th session of the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place on 12-17 June 2022 at WTO headquarters in Geneva, after being postponed twice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the highest decision-making body of the WTO, attended by trade ministers and other senior officials from the 164 WTO members, the Ministerial Conference was surrounded by high expectations.

At the conclusion of the Conference, trade ministers from around the world adopted a historic package - including the reduction of fishery subsidies, a loosening of vaccine-production limits, and the mitigation of the impact of a global food crisis. The agreements break the WTO's seven-year negotiations downturn, after four years of attacks under former President Trump administration, the COVID-19 pandemic, drained supply chains, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

This BIICL webinar will bring together experts at the WTO and in academia to discuss the results of the Conference and this historical alignment of the 164 WTO members (including Russia and Ukraine).
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor, WTO; Honorary Fellow, BIICL

Speakers
Anabel González, Deputy Director-General, WTO
Arancha González Laya, Dean, Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po); Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain and Chief of Staff, WTO
Dr. Patrick Low, Fellow, Asia Global Institute; Former Chief Economist, WTO
Stephen Kho, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP