USCIB Leads US Business Delegation to WTO Public Forum

USCIB delegation with WTO Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and WTO Deputy Director General DJ Nordquist.

Alice Slayton Clark, Senior Vice President, Trade, Investment, and Digital at USCIB, led over twenty USCIB members, including Amazon, BAT, JTI, Dow, Mastercard, Microsoft, Visa, Walmart, in meetings at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum September 15-17.

Discussions were held with senior government representatives to the WTO, including US Ambassador Joseph Barloon, EU Ambassador María Martin-Prat, Canadian Ambassador Michelle Cooper, UK Ambassador Kumar Iyer, Swiss Ambassador Erwin Bollinger, Indian Ambassador Dr. C. Senthil Pandian, Singapore Ambassador Tan Hung Seng, Australia Ambassador James Baxter, and Japan Ambassador Katsuro Nagai, and senior WTO officials including Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Deputy Director General (DDG) Johanna Hill, Deputy Director General DJ Nordquist, Director for Services Juan Marchetti, and Director for Digital Emmanuelle Ganne.

Clark also moderated a breakfast roundtable discussion in collaboration with International Chamber of Commerce and Boston Consulting Group featuring USCIB members and global business representatives on non-tariff barriers to services trade and the role of the WTO.  DDG Hill, senior secretariat officials, US trade officials, and other foreign dignitaries attended and contributed to the conversation.

The Public Forum week also featured World Trade & Tech Day 2026 as well as a public-private sector discussion led by the US and 11 like-minded missions on how to improve notifications and transparency at the WTO.