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27 July 2022 Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen. I am pleased to join you today to take stock of recent trade policy developments. Thank you, Ambassador VILLALOBOS (Mexico) for your introductory remarks. You mentioned MC12 and its success. One common thread running through the issues addressed there was the critical role of transparency — for markets…

27 April 2022 Thank you so much, Jake and Arrow for that kind introduction. It is wonderful to see Susan here. You’ve set a high bar for me to live up to. Receiving this World Trade Award is an incredible honour for me. I am humbled to be following in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela,…

Secretary-General Cormann,  Mr. Fred Jenny, Chairman (of OECD Competition Committee), Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you very much for inviting me to join you for this event, a major feature in the international competition policy landscape. It is a pleasure to provide some remarks for this opening session after IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. This year’s…

Excellencies, The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Senator Don Wehby, Chairman of JAMPRO, Ms Diane Edwards, President of JAMPRO, Ms Patricia Francis, Chair, Trade Facilitation Task Force  Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and participants. Allow me to start by thanking JAMPRO and the Government of Jamaica for the kind invitation. It is indeed…

International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Foundation Your Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa Your Royal Highness Princess Noor Bint Asem Excellencies, ladies – and gentlemen – I am delighted to be sharing this message with you today. I was excited when I received your invitation to speak here because of the themes you are looking…

Inter-parliamentary Union and European Parliament HE Mr Bernd Lange; HE Mr. Manzoor Nadir; HE Mr Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Honourable Members of Parliament, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honour to join you today. I want to apologise in advance for the fact that I will have to leave early…

“The 20th Anniversary of China’s Accession to the WTO: Mutual Benefit, Shared Future” Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour and a pleasure to share this message with you. Twenty years ago next week – on 10 November 2001 – the WTO Ministerial Conference approved, by consensus, the text of China’s accession agreements to…

27 September 2021 Excellencies,Colleagues and friends,Ladies and gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to join you to open this 2021 Geneva Trade Week under the theme: Trade for Peace. I want to thank the Geneva Trade Platform for their efforts to raise awareness about the role of trade policy in addressing global challenges. Your work complements…