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When the consultations are complete, the consensus slate is “noted” in
the General Council, Goods Council or Services Council, and then each
subsidiary council, committee or working party formally confirms the
selection by electing its own chairperson by consensus. A number of
Goods Council committees also elect their vice-chairpersons.
Almost all the chairs have one-year terms. The exceptions are: the Trade
Negotiations Committee, chaired ex-officio by the WTO Director-General;
and the chairs of negotiating groups under the Trade Negotiations
Committee, which have terms that are set differently, so far from one
Ministerial Conference to the next.
Chairpersons of the General Council and
bodies reporting to it back to top
|
General Council |
H.E. Mr. Shahid BASHIR (Pakistan) |
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Dispute Settlement Body |
H.E. Mr. Jonathan FRIED (Canada) |
|
Trade Policy Review Body |
H.E. Mr. Joakim REITER (Sweden) |
|
Council for Trade in Goods |
H.E. Dr. Tom MBOYA OKEYO (Kenya)
|
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Council for Trade in Services |
H.E. Dr. Abdolazeez AL-OTAIBI (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) |
|
Council for TRIPS |
Amb. Alfredo Suescum (Panama) |
|
Committee on Trade and Environment |
H.E. Mr. Krisda PIAMPONGSANT (Thailand) |
|
Committee on Trade and Development |
H.E. Mrs. Marion WILLIAMS (Barbados) |
|
Committee on Balance-of Payments Restrictions |
H.E. Mr. Md. Abdul HANNAN (Bangladesh) |
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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements |
Mr. François RIEGERT (France) |
|
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration |
H.E. Mr. Albinas ZANANAVIČIUS (Lithuania) |
|
Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology |
Mr. Carlos ROSSI COVARRUBIAS (Peru) |
|
Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance |
H.E. Mr. Faizel ISMAIL (South Africa) |
|
Trade Negotiations Committee |
WTO Director-General Pascal LAMY (ex officio) |
Chairpersons of bodies established under
the Trade Negotiations Committee back to top
|
Negotiating Group on Market Access |
Amb.
Remigi WINZAP (Switzerland) |
|
Negotiating Group on Rules |
Amb. Wayne McCOOK (Jamaica) |
|
Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation |
H.E. Mr. Eduardo Ernesto SPERISEN-YURT (Guatemala) |
|
Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services |
H.E. Mr. Fernando DE MATEO Y VENTURINI (Mexico) |
|
Special Session of the Council for TRIPS |
H.E. Mr. Yonov Frederick AGAH (Nigeria) |
|
Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body |
Amb. Ronald SABORÍO SOTO (Costa Rica) |
|
Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture |
Amb. John ADANK (New Zealand) |
|
Sub-Committee on Cotton |
Amb. John ADANK (New Zealand) |
|
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment |
H.E. Amb. Selim KUNERALP (Turkey) |
|
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development |
Amb. Fook Seng Kwok (Singapore)
|
Chairpersons of subsidiary bodies
of the Council for Trade in Goods back to top
|
Committee on Agriculture |
Mr Guilherme MARQUARDT BAYER (Brazil) |
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Committee on Anti-Dumping |
Mr. Shai MOSES (Israel) |
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Committee on Customs Valuation |
Mrs Irena BANASZYNSKA (Poland) |
|
Committee on Import Licensing |
Mr. Xiankun LU (China) |
|
Committee on Market Access |
Mr Bipim MENON (India) |
|
Committee on Rules of Origin |
Mr. Daniel O. OWOKO (Kenya) |
|
Committee on Safeguards |
Ms.
Lillian BWALYA (Zambia) |
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
Ms Maria ALBARECE (Philippines) |
|
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
Mr. Sam C.S. HUI
(Hong Kong, China)
|
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade |
Mr. Salim LAHJOMRI (Morocco) |
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures |
Mr. José Estanislau DO AMARAL (Brazil)
|
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Working Party on State Trading Enterprises |
Mr Ngoni Francis Sengwe (Zimbabwe) |
|
ITA Committee |
Mr Aaron Fowler (Canada) |
Chairpersons of subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Services back to top
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Committee on Trade in Financial Services |
Mr. Wamkele MENE (South Africa) |
|
Working Party on Domestic Regulation |
Ms. Virag Halgand DANI (Hungary) |
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Committee on Specific Commitments |
Ms. Monica NAGELGAARD (Norway) |
|
Working Party on GATS Rules |
Mr. Felipe SANDOVAL (Chile) |
Chairpersons of Committees of Plurilateral Agreements back to top
|
Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft |
Mr. Robert Jui-song FANG (Chinese Taipei) |
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Committee on Government Procurement |
Mr. Bruce CHRISTIE (Canada) |
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Former chairs
> 1995-2002
> 2003-2007
> 2008-2010 |
