Uruguay Round

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The trade tie-in for 93, on December 15th, 1993, the GATT's Uruguay Round finally wrapped up.

It's my favorite round.

That was a one hell of a round, it was

Pamela is Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, the joint agency of the United Nations and World Trade Organizations, and it's devoted to helping small businesses compete internationally.

A Jamaican trade lawyer, Pamela began her career in Jamaica's Foreign Ministry, with an early posting in Geneva during the Uruguay round.

She subsequently worked with the Organization of American States and Inter-American Development Bank, led the Caribbean Export Development Agency, and served as UNCTAD's Director of International Trade and Commodities before taking charge of the ITC in 2020.

Her career has given her an unusually broad perspective from small states and entrepreneurs to trade negotiations and global institutions.

The question for Canada and other middle powers is not whether they can recreate the old order, it's whether coalitions of capable and willing countries can preserve what works, repair what does not, and build something more representative to and responsive to developing countries and donor priorities.

So let's get started.

Pamela, as I said, you began as a Jamaican diplomat during the Uruguay round and have since worked in the Caribbean, hemispheric and global levels.

In your estimation, what do small and vulnerable states see about today's international order that the great powers and perhaps the middle powers like Canada often miss?