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But what about international trade? On the positive side of the ledger, the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference finally took place last June and ended successfully with a Geneva Package of important results, including the multilateral agreement on fisheries subsidies after 2 decades of negotiations. Several regional trade agreements were signed or put in force. On the negative side of the ledger, several countries continued to engage in trade conflicts, and even more resorted to use of restrictive export and other trade measures. The use of trade policy for broad and non-trade objectives has started to become the new normal. This session invites 3 speakers to provide their personal views on trade wins and misses in 2022 from the perspective of the EU, APEC and developing economies. They are also asked to look ahead into the 2023 and tell us what they wish for trade next year. Speakers Cecilia Malmström, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Host of Trade Winds; and former EU Commissioner for Trade Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of Thailand to the WTO and WIPO, Geneva Robert Scollay, Honorary Academic, Economics, the University of Auckland and New Zealand APEC Study Center Moderator: Mia Mikic, ARTNeT / WomeninARTNeT and Waikato Management School
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