Geneva, 24 September 2022 (TDI): Geneva Trade Week includes four days of events, receptions, meetings, and webinars. It is taking place from 26-30 September 2022 in the margins of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum at the Geneva Graduate Institute Auditorium and online.

The event is organized by the Geneva Trade Platform alongside a host of partners.

The event brings together policymakers, academics, experts, the private sector, and activists to discuss trade, its impact, and its relationship with the most pressing issues of our time.

About the Geneva Trade Week

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will be at the Geneva Trade Week 2022. The WTO Deputy Director General Jean-Marie Paugam, UNEP Economy Division Director Sheila Aggarwal Khan, and WTO Ambassadors will convene in a high-level dialogue to brief stakeholders on the state of play of the environment agenda at the WTO.

The Trade Week includes sessions specifically dedicated to advising on the skills, prospects, and opportunities available to those just starting in trade, trade policy, and trade law.

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This year’s edition of Trade Week will take a deep dive into various issues at the nexus of trade and sustainability. It will also focus on the latest developments, key issues, and road ahead for the joint initiatives underway among groups of WTO members. Moreover, it includes trade and environment, electronic commerce, and investment facilitation.

The events bring together representatives of WTO members who do not have permanent missions here and cover WTO matters from other European capitals or from their capitals. Furthermore, the purpose is to inform the WTO members and observers about recent developments taking place at the WTO.

This Trade Week offers plenty of opportunities to meet, catch up and plan the collaborations of the future.

 

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