To open the 2025 edition of Geneva Trade Week, this public event organized by the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS) will review existing trends on the trade and sustainability nexus. It will shed light on prospects to foster urgent and inclusive cooperation on trade and trade-related policies in support of sustainable development imperatives in the current geopolitical environment.

The event will bring together a diverse group of leading international experts and Geneva-based Ambassadors to the WTO to spur a discussion on a proactive, forward-looking agenda on trade and sustainability and how to advance it at the global level.

Questions for discussion will include:

• What are the greatest trade-related challenges frustrating environmental action and trade-related needs arising from the impacts of the triple environmental crisis – how can these be addressed?
• Where does progress on trade and sustainability most require enhanced cooperation?
• Where are the greatest opportunities for trade cooperation to rapidly make a difference, including in the context of the ongoing WTO reform process?
• What kinds of concrete outcomes can be envisaged at the WTO?