👏A big thank you to everyone who made #WTOPublicForum possible: our members, speakers, participants from around the world, and the staff behind the scenes! We all have a part to play in powering the future. See you next year!👋

Last week, the WTO Public Forum brought together thousands of participants across 113 sessions to discuss how services trade is powering the future, and the role and value of the WTO in a changing world. 🎥 Watch the highlights from #WTOPublicForum 2026.

Panel to review EU carbon border adjustment mechanism and emissions trading scheme #TradeDisputes dlvr.it/TVf4gr

WTO members review agriculture negotiation history, discuss ways forward #WTOAg dlvr.it/TVf4cN

How can services trade drive development across Asia and the Pacific? Join the ADB-WTO-WBG Conference on 28–29 September to explore the use of the TS4D Toolkit and broader issues in services trade. ✅ Register: bit.ly/4yiE3Ai 📺 Watch live: bit.ly/4xP2lAX

Keynoting the G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) Event on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, on the sidelines of #UNGA81. Many thanks to Dr @VictorDzau, present G20 HLIP Co-Chair, and his colleagues for progress made on implementation of the Panel‘s recommendations. As a former Co-Chair, I am pleased to see progress and committed to helping mobilize the political will needed to keep going.

Meeting with and encouraging some of Africa‘s wonderful creative and entrepreneurial young people. With Co-Founder of @theflutterwave Iyin @iAboyeji and his partner Luqman Edu, creators of @ItanaAfrica, a digital/free-zone environment for African tech businesses based in Nigeria. And with @lizwathuti founder of the Green Generation Initiative @ggi_kenya. Keep going guys, you’ve got what it takes!

More @wto Accessions Meetings on the sidelines of #UNGA81. Truly wonderful meeting with H.E. Tshering Tobgay PM of the Kingdom of Bhutan to take stock and discuss the further work that needs to be done to push measurable progress on Bhutan‘s accession’s progress. Amazing commitment from the Prime Minister. Delightful as always to meet with H.E. Saida @SMirziyoyeva Head of the Presidential Administration to discuss progress on Uzbekistan‘s Accession. A great deal of hard work has already been done. Many thanks to @wto Members for this, but also to the dedicated Uzbek team under Deputy PM H.E. Jamshid Khodjaev, Chief Negotiator H.E. Azizbek Urunov and with the uncompromising support of H.E. Saida Mirziyoyeva and H.E. President Shavka Mirziyoyev.

More images from #UNGA81. Saying hello to H.E. @memetsimsek, Minister of Finance of Türkiye; H.E. Amb Katharina Stasch, DG Global Alliances, European Union and Economic Development, BMZ, Germany; H.E. Amb Endo Kazuya, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and G20 Sherpa, Japan; and H.E. @daudalawal_, Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria.

On the sidelines of #UNGA81, discussing the future of multilateral cooperation at a forum organized by Project Everyone, Future of Development Cooperation Coalition and The Observer. With H.E. @SalahJama Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E. Pascalle Grotenhuis, Vice Minister for International Cooperation of the Netherlands, Dr Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former Chair of @TheElders, and Dr @RaniaAlMashat, Executive Secretary of UN ESCWA, among others, and moderated by James Harding, Editor of @ObserverUK.

Discussing collaboration on trade and supply chain finance, critical minerals and the digital economy with the President of @TheOPECFund Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa and his team.

On the sidelines of #UNGA81 at an informal gathering of Commissioners of the #AIforGood Global Commission, chaired by @ITUSecGen, Doreen Bogdan-Martin. A lively discussion of current AI issues as well as brainstorming of the work program and next steps forward for the Commission. Sidebars with fellow Commissioners Minister for Digital Development of Singapore, H.E. Josephine Teo @joteo_ylm, and Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of Nigeria, H.E. @bosuntijani.

With the President of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud @HassanSMohamud, discussing the next stages of work in Somalia‘s Accession to the @wto. Congratulations, Excellency, to you and your team for the work already done. Lots more to do but look forward to supporting you for the road ahead.

WTO members are meeting today in the Committee on Agriculture to review notifications and discuss over 200 questions on trade measures. It is a key opportunity to seek clarity on agricultural policies and support transparency. Learn more: wto.org/agriculture

Registration for the 10th #Aid4Trade Global Review closes on 30 September. Register now & explore the 2-day programme: bit.ly/4wuaYzS

Meet the new Chair of the ITA Committee: Shih-Chun Weng of Chinese Taipei. The Committee oversees implementation of the Information Technology Agreement and addresses issues affecting trade in IT products. More: bit.ly/3V9PnQv

A critical juncture for the world trading system: what the evidence tells us #WTOPublications dlvr.it/TVcR7W

More images from #UNGA81 meetings. Saying hello to The Right Honourable @andyburnham PM of the UK, H.E. Guy Parmelin @ParmelinG President of Switzerland, H.E. Pedro Sanchez @sanchezcastejon PM of Spain, and Baroness Patricia Scotland @PScotlandKC.

On the sidelines of #UNGA81 at the inaugural meeting of the Council on the Future of Global Education looking at the role of AI in bridging the considerable learning gap for children in lower-middle and low income countries through the medium of digitally delivered education services trade. The Council is co-chaired by The Right Honourable @GordonBrown, former PM of the UK, and Dr Mohamed El-Erian @elerianm, Chair of Gramercy Funds Management and Chair of the Center for Global Development @CGDev.

At the Food Security event "United Against Hunger: Realigning Global Action for Food Crises in Times of Disruption" co-hosted by the German government, Global Network Against Food Crises @fightfoodcrises, and the World Food Programme @WFP. Speaking about the role of trade in assuring global food security, and the imperative to prepare preemptively against future chokepoints and supply chain disruptions. Unlocking progress on agricultural trade negotiations important to strengthen trade‘s role. With fellow lead speakers, HM Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Carl Sakai Acting ED of WFP, and Dr. Alvaro Ilario President of @IFAD. Many thanks to H.E. Reem Alabali Radovan, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development for inviting the @wto to join this session.

At the UN General Assembly Opening this morning taking in speeches by @UN SG @antonioguterres, the President of the General Assembly H.E. Khalilur Rahman @UN_PGA, and the leaders of Brazil and the United States, and catching up with various colleagues and Ministers. With President of @WorldBankGroup Ajay Banga, @RaniaAlMashat UN USG and Executive Secretary @UNESCWA, H.E. @EspenBarthEide MFA of Norway, H.E. Battsetseg Batmunkh @BattsetsegBatm2 MFA of Mongolia, and H.E. @shisir Khanal MFA of Nepal.