On 16 July 2026, the World Trade Organization (WTO) informed its members that they had agreed on the 2026 chairpersons for 13 subsidiary bodies that report to the Council for Trade in Goods.
The committee and the chairpersons are:
- Committee on Anti-dumping Practices - Mr Danny LO (Hong Kong, China)
- Committee on Customs Valuation - Ms Christiane DALEIDEN (Luxembourg)
- Committee on Import Licensing - Ms Mi Jin RYU (Republic of Korea)
- Committee on Market Access - Mr Luis OÑA-GARCÉS (Ecuador)
- Committee on Rules of Origin - Mr Jun Hoong Daniel LIM (Singapore)
- Committee on Safeguards - Ms Carly STEVENS (Australia)
- Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Mr Diego FRANCO (Paraguay)
- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Mr Raimondas ALISAUSKAS (Lithuania)
- Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Ms Maryam A. ALDOSERI (Kingdom of Bahrain)
- Committee on Trade Facilitation - Ms Alix RANCUREL (France)
- Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures - Ms Sally BARDAYÁN (Panama)
- Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products - Mr Shih-Chun WENG (Chinese Taipei)
- Working Party on State Trading Enterprises - Mr Bregt KIPPERS (Belgium)
With respect to the Committee on Agriculture, no decision on the appointment of the chairperson has been reached, and consultations will continue.