WTO Don’t let the sun set on our chances to #StopFundingOverfishing #PublicForum

This year’s #WTOPublicForum has been breaking records since its inception. When we closed registration, we surpassed by 40% last year’s numbers. Yesterday we exceeded by 50% the number of participants compared to 2023. It’s great to see you all here!

TODAY! #WFO SG Andrea Porro takes the stage at the #WTOPublicForum on a high-level WTO's panel, discussing #farmers' expectations on agricultural negotiations for a more inclusive and sustainable trade system. 👇 🕝15:15 CEST📌Room CR 💻bit.ly/4e1a4SF

It’s always a joy to have TIAN Wei in the #WTOPublicForum

A great pic 🌿 w. Jason Jason Furman from Harvard Kennedy School right after his opening lecture with Madam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , WTO Director General at #WTOPublicForum . What a to-the-point and meaningful exchange on the stage! ~btw, we both get this WTO 30th anniversary notebook😀📝

Day 2 at the #WTOPublicForum in Geneva! @WTO members, don’t let the sun set on our chance to #StopFundingOverfishing. 🐟🌅 Time is running out to agree on additional rules that will ensure sustainable fisheries and a healthy ocean for generations to come.

On the third day of the #SheTrades Hubs Annual Meeting, representatives attended the #WTOPublicForum and a session on the WEIDE Fund. They also met with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Pamela Coke-Hamilton who shared how SheTrades Hubs can help connect women to trade. Part of UK-funded ITC SheTrades

So... the WTO let me present my book during the Public Forum and a few people turned up... Huge thank you to brilliant discussant Inu Manak of Council on Foreign Relations and everyone who came by. It just goes to show kids, dreams do come true if you just tweet hard enough.

Let’s get WTO Fish1 sorted, let’s get Fish2 completed! Our fish can’t wait. Small island developing states like 🇧🇧 can’t wait. #WTOPublicForum

Happening now: At the #WTOPublicForum, DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Rebeca Grynspan, and James Baxter are discussing the transformative potential of inclusivity in building resilient and equitable global economies.

To mark the begining of the last day of the #WTOPublicForum, I am proud to reveal the faces helping this machine move forward. Without them, we wouldn’t have broken the recorda, yet again. Thank you, merci, gracias. Roxana Paraschiv Samah | سماح Henrique Caporali

What a week indeed! Simon Manley looks back on a vibrant, inclusive and welcoming Public Forum where the WTO opened its doors to businesses, academia, trade experts and many more. Better trade for a better world 🌍 💕

What better way to end the #WTOPublicForum than discussing green industrial policy with my good friends Ambassador Li Chenggang of Permanent Mission of China to the WTO and Anabel Gonzalez of Inter-American Development Bank Green industrial policy should uphold WTO rules & trade policy must address the climate emergency 🆘 🌎

Incredibly proud of these four days. Thanks to everyone for making the 2024 #WTOPublicForum the biggest and best one yet. Thank you to Jana Borges for encapsulating the lively and intellectually stimulating atmosphere of the last few days in the WTO

Global inequality: UN Trade and Development chief calls for inclusive trade policies at #WTOPublicForum. Rebeca Grynspan called for reforms to fix trade imbalances that create winners & losers. She emphasized the need to tackle inequalities both within and between countries. ow.ly/4mVb50Tn8nF

@WTO is in an exciting transition, from an institution tied to discredited neoliberalism to a new brand & mission, "inclusive trade", "better trade" (not just more or "freer" trade). The public forum brilliantly presented & advanced the dynamics of this transition. 1/2

Still riding on the #WTOPublicForum wave, listen to Anabel Gonzalez and Ralph Ossa on Global Dispatches recorded live. They discuss why decoupling between China and the US is a global problem with a global solution podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/glo…

Can the middle powers save multilateral trade? The inestimable Alan Beattie reflects on the "junior Davos" of the WTO public forum on.ft.com/47qszOx via @financialtimes

One of the most interesting and constructive discussions we had at the #WTOPublicForum! Have a listen below ⬇️