Ambassador Luzius Wasescha, former permanent representative ofSwitzerland to the WTO visited SIFT on November 9. Vice PresidentYe Xingguo met with Ambassador Luzius Wasescha and briefed him onSIFT’s latest development and the operation of the WTO Chairprogram at SIFT. In VP Ye’s company, Ambassador Luzius Waseschavisited the WTO Repository Center. Counselor Wu Xiankun at thePermanent Mission of China to the WTO, and Xu Dongfeng, Director ofthe International Affairs Office were present at the meeting.
Ambassador Luzius Wasescha had a discussion with the teachers andstudents from the WTO School, giving them an introduction to theWTO Doha Round and exchanging with them ideas on the prospect ofthe WTO negotiations and the role of Switzerland as a neutralstate. The discussion was chaired by Prof. Zhanglei, Dean of theWTO School.
Ambassador Luzius Wasescha served in such internationalorganizations as the WTO and OECD. He is acting as a specialadvisor to the Georgian Russian Customs Agreement, Chairman of theDiplomatic Club of Geneva, and Board Chair of the World TradeInstitute (WTI) of the University of Bern.