The WTO Goods Council on 26 March 2015 elected by acclamation its new chair, Ambassador Héctor Casanueva (Chile). It approved a list of new chairs of its subsidiary bodies.
These chairs will take office when they have been formally elected by the committee or working party concerned: (i) Market Access Committee: Miss Krizia Denisse MATTHEWS (Panama); (ii) Agriculture Committee: Mr Michael WAMAI (Uganda); (iii) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee: Mr Felipe HEES (Brazil); (iv) Technical Barriers to Trade Committee: Miss Alana Maria LANZA SUAZO (Honduras); (v) Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) Committee: Mr Zaher AL-QATARNEH (Jordan); (vi) Antidumping Practices Committee: Mr Hamed Mahmoud EL ETREBY (Egypt); (vii) Customs Valuation Committee: Mr Ping LIU (China); (viii) Rules of Origin Committee: Mr Christian WEGENER (Denmark); (ix) Import Licensing Committee: Miss Carrie I-Jen WU (Chinese Taipei); (x) Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee: Mr Mitsuhiro FUKUYAMA (Japan); (xi) Committee on Safeguards Committee: Mr Víctor ECHEVARRÍA UGARTE (Spain); (xii) Working Group on State Trading Enterprises: Mr Andrew JORY (Australia); and (xiii) Information Technology Agreement (ITA): Mr Andrew STAINES (UK)