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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
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General Council |
Amb. Eirik GLENNE (Norway) |
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Dispute Settlement
Body |
Amb. Muhamad Noor YACOB
(Malaysia) |
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Trade Policy Review Body |
H.E. Mr Don Stephenson (Canada) |
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Council for Trade in Goods |
Amb. Yonov Frederick AGAH
(Nigeria) |
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Council for Trade in Services |
Amb. François ROUX
(Belgium) |
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Council for TRIPS |
H.E. Mr. Trevor Clarke (Barbados) |
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Committee on Trade and Environment |
H.E. Mr. Shree Baboo Chekitan SERVANSING
(Mauritius) |
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Committee on Trade and Development |
H.E. Mr. Faizel ISMAIL (South Africa) |
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Committee on Balance-of Payments Restrictions |
Mr. Víctor Echevarría UGARTE (Spain) |
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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements |
H.E. Mr. Ronald SABORÍO SOTO (Costa Rica) |
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Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration |
Mr. Jan-Meinte POSTMA (Netherlands) |
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Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology |
H.E. Mr. Manuel Antonio J. TEEHANKEE
(Philippines) |
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Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance |
H.E. Mr. KWERONDA-RUHEMBA (Uganda) |
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Trade Negotiations Committee |
WTO Director-General Pascal LAMY (ex officio) |
Chairpersons of bodies established under
the Trade Negotiations Committee back to top
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Negotiating Group on Market Access |
Amb. Stefán JÓHANNESSON (Iceland) |
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Negotiating Group on Rules |
Amb. Guillermo Valles GALMÉS (Uruguay) |
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Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation |
Mr. Tony MILLER (Hong Kong, China) |
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Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services |
Amb. Fernando de MATEO y VENTURINI (Mexico) |
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Special Session of the Council for TRIPS |
Amb. Manzoor AHMAD (Pakistan) |
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Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body |
Amb. David SPENCER (Australia) |
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Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture |
Amb. Crawford FALCONER (New Zealand) |
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Sub-Committee on Cotton |
Amb. Crawford FALCONER (New Zealand) |
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Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment |
Amb. Toufiq ALI (Bangladesh) |
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Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development |
Amb. Burhan GAFOOR (Singapore) |
Chairpersons of subsidiary bodies
of the Council for Trade in Goods back to top
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Committee on Agriculture |
Mr Christian HÄBERLI (Switzerland) |
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Committee on Anti-Dumping |
Ms. Frida COLLSTE (Sweden) |
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Committee on Customs Valuation |
Mr. Joo Ha WOO (Korea) |
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Committee on Import Licensing |
Ms. Pamela COOPER (Canada) |
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Committee on Market Access |
Dr. Moahammad SAEED (Pakistan) |
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Committee on Rules of Origin |
Ms. Vera THORSTENSEN (Brazil) |
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Committee on Safeguards |
Ms. Ana NOVIK (Chile) |
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
Mr. Gregg YOUNG (United States) |
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
Ms. Victoria CAMPEANU (Romania) |
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade |
Mr. Margers KRAMS (Latvia) |
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures |
Mr. Alexis MASSOT (France) |
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Working Party on State Trading Enterprises |
Mr. Benjamin KATJIPUKA (Namibia) |
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ITA Committee |
Mr. Simon CHAN (Hong Kong, China) |
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. Ragui ELETREBY (Egypt) |
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Working Party on Domestic Regulation |
Mr. Peter GOVINDASAMY (Singapore) |
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Committee on Specific Commitments |
Mr. Hisanori YAEGASHI (Japan) |
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Working Party on GATS Rules |
Mr. Trond GABRIELSEN (Norway) |
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