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The WTO Public Forum 2024, scheduled from 10 to 13 September at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, will focus on the theme “Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World”. As the WTO marks its 30th anniversary, the Forum aims to explore how global trade can be made more inclusive, ensuring that its benefits reach a wider range of people, businesses, and workers. The Forum will feature over 600 speakers across 135 sessions, bringing together 4,400 participants from diverse sectors such as civil society, academia, business, government, and international organisations.

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The programme includes 135 sessions that will cover a broad array of topics relevant to the future of trade. A key event will be the Launch of the World Trade Report on 10 September, where high-level speakers will present the latest global trade trends. On 11 September, the High-Level Panel on Re-globalization: Trade in a Geopoliticized World, organised by the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), will examine the effects of geopolitical changes on trade.

The Forum will also focus on three sub-themes: green policies, which will explore how trade can maximise sustainable development; services trade, highlighting how it contributes to economic progress and welfare; and digitalisation, which will be discussed as a crucial factor in promoting inclusive trade.

The WTO Public Forum is the organisation’s largest outreach event, providing a unique platform for stakeholders to engage in dialogue and propose ways to enhance the multilateral trading system while addressing global challenges.