WTO Members Appoint Committee Chairs
World Trade Organization members last week agreed on chairpersons for 13 of the body's subsidiary committees for 2024, the WTO announced:
- Committee on Agriculture: Hong Kong's Anna Leung
- Committee on Anti-dumping Practices: Tunisia's Mohamed Zouhair
- Committee on Customs Valuation: Spain's Sergio Prieto Lopez
- Committee on Import Licensing: Jamaica's Tyesha Turner
- Committee on Rules of Origin: Malaysia's Guna Seelan Balakrishnan
- Committee on Safeguards: Japan's Jun Morikawa
- Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Argentina's Cecilia Risolo
- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: Germany's Wolfram Spelten
- Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade: Ecuador's Daniela Garcia
- Committee on Trade Facilitation: Thailand's Chanikarn Dispadung
- Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures: Egypt's Ahmed Diab
- Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products: Taiwan's Ta-Lin (Peter) Shih
- Working Party on State Trading Enterprises: South Korea's Jooyoung Lee.
Consultations are still ongoing for the chairperson of the Committee on Market Access, the WTO said. Canada's Nicola Waterfield will serve as interim chair.