WTO Public Forum 2019

8 Oct 2019 - 11 Oct 2019

Geneva, Switzerland

Session reports

00:00 - WTO 2019 - Opening plenary debate
02:00 - Building trust in e-commerce for the next generation
02:00 - Crafting a regulatory regime that supports the digital economy and young entrepreneurship
02:00 - New digital technologies: The protagonists of a change in perspective in the global supply chain
02:00 - Rethinking services trade in a digital world
02:00 - AI, IP, and the future of digital trade
02:00 - Construction of a digital industrial path for Africa: What is the role of the youth?
02:00 - Digital trade and health: Opportunities and challenges for developing countries
02:00 - Striving in the digital world: How innovative start-ups are changing the services landscape in Latin America
02:00 - Tech, services trade, and the WTO of the future
02:00 - Trade and tax: Adapting to digitalisation
02:00 - Value creation and capture in the digital economy: Implications for developing countries
02:00 - What can WTO do to facilitate digital trade?
02:00 - What role for parliamentarians in digital trade?
02:00 - Data as the key commodity in trade
02:00 - Enabling e-commerce rules to unblock trade and trade finance
02:00 - Engaging MSMEs in digital services trade
02:00 - Future of the WTO in a digitalised world
02:00 - The impacts of the industry 4.0 on the manufacturing sector and national states: An emerging perspective regarding digitalisation, mass customisation, and taxation
02:00 - Trade norms on access to the source code: What is the impact on trade in services and development?
02:00 - Understanding the benefits to developing countries resulting from the moratorium on duties on electronic transmission
02:00 - What e-commerce business models mean for trade policy in the digital era
02:00 - Youth and entrepreneurship: Leveraging the digital era for better integration of the developing world in global trade
02:00 - Fair data and trade in services: An ethical dimension
02:00 - Harnessing full potentials of data economy: 'Osaka Track' for international rule-making and the role of the WTO
02:00 - Kicking away the ladder or flying geese: Entering a new era of digital servification in the EAC
02:00 - The next generation and trust in the internet: Best practices for addressing cross-border legal challenges
02:00 - Professional services trade: Transformed by digital disruption
02:00 - What gives data value, and why does it matter for trade?

Event report

The WTO Public Forum 2019, themed ‘Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World’ discussed services as the next trade frontier, the expectations of Millennials and Gen Z from global trade, and the WTO’s role in strength­ening the global trading system. The GIP reported from the forum, on 8-11 October 2019, from sessions related to digital policy.

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[Update] DiploFoundation and the International Trade Centre (ITC) will be organising the workshop ‘Trade norms on access to the source code: What is the impact on trade in services and development?’ on 10 October at 10:15 CEST.

This year’s Public Forum, entitled ‘Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World’, will feature 137 sessions focusing on how to adapt to a rapidly changing trading environment. The forum, which will be held on 8-11 October, will also offer participants an opportunity to consider the increasing role for services in trade, the aspirations of youth for the future trading system, and how the WTO should change to meet current and future challenges.

The Public Forum is the WTO’s largest annual outreach event, which provides a platform for participants to discuss the latest developments in world trade and to propose ways of enhancing the multilateral trading system. The event regularly attracts over 1500 representatives from civil society, academia, business, the media, governments, parliamentarians, and inter-governmental organisations.

For more information, visit the official event page.

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