GENEVA, Sept 9: The largest outreach event of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will start tomorrow at the multilateral trade organisation's secretariat in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Under the theme of 'Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World,' this year's forum will explore how re-globalization can help make trade more inclusive and ensure that its benefits reach more people.
In particular, the forum will delve into how green policies, services, and digitalisation can contribute to this objective.
The sub-themes of the forum are green policies to maximise the benefits of trade, services trade to build progress and enhance welfare and digitalisation as a catalyst for inclusive trade.
The public forum will feature 139 sessions from September 10-13. Sessions are organised by WTO member governments, businesses, non-governmental organisations, academia and international organisations with many sessions livestreamed on the WTO website.
The forum will kick-off with the launch of the World Trade Report, which this year will explore the complex interlinkages between trade and inclusiveness across and within economies.
The forum will also feature a lecture by Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during Barack Obama's tenure as President of the United States. —BSS
