Fourth Thematic Session on Supply Chain Resilience:

Examples of multilateral and regional initiatives and how the WTO can support Members to Use Available Data and Information to support
their Supply Chain Resilience policy responses

Summary Report[1]

Addendum

1  Introduction

1.1.  The Committee on Market Access (CMA or Committee) held its fourth, and final, thematic session in the series on supply chain resilience on 17 January 2025.[2] The session was moderated by Mr. Iain Fifer (United Kingdom).[3] Presentations were delivered by experts from Brazil; China; Singapore; St. Kitts on behalf of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); the United States; and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Bangkok. The session focused on multilateral and regional initiatives for supply chain resilience and how the WTO, particularly the Committee on Market Access, could support Members. The presentations are reproduced in the annex.[4] The presentations and discussions revolved around the following two guiding questions:

a._    What examples can Members share of effective international cooperation on supply chains in other regional or international fora?

b._    How have Members made use of CMA resources to support their analysis and policymaking in relation to supply chains?

1.2.  This report seeks to provide a summary of the presentations from the thematic session along with a synthesis of the ensuing discussions.