On 1 February 2023, the Egypt Branch organised, jointly with CRCICA, a seminar on “The Role of the WTO in Regulating Trade Relations and Settlement of Trade Disputes”, held at CRCICA’s premises. The speaker was Ambassador Dr. Mounir Zahran, former Chairman of the Joint Inspection Unit of the UN System Organizations and the moderator was Ambassador Mostafa Kamal, former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Egypt Branch Committee.
Ambassador Dr. Zahran presented an overview of the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva in January 1995, the organisation’s efforts to liberalise trade in services, its role in regulating trade relations between states and its experiences in the settlement of trade disputes between member states through the dispute settlement body.
A recording of the seminar is available here.
