BIAC Trade Committee Engages with Chair of OECD Trade Committee on Business Priorities

Harbor_tradeOn November 3, 2016, Rob Mulligan, USCIB Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs participated as a Vice Chair in the meeting of the Business at OECD (BIAC) Trade Committee. He also attended the OECD Trade Committee meeting later in the day. The BIAC group received a briefing from Didier Chambovey, Chair of the OECD Trade Committee, on OECD’s key work streams and responded to questions from members regarding OECD’s work on digital trade, the future priorities for the WTO, and the nexus between trade and environmental policy. The BIAC committee also discussed updating its Trade Priorities paper to address the changing global environment and to include new issues for the OECD to tackle in its work. Members provided input at the meeting and a revised draft has been circulated for input with the goal of finalizing the updated paper early in 2017. The committee also agreed to update its papers on several issues related to Colombia accession to the OECD.

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