Sunanta Kangvalkulkij

Sunanta Kangvalkulkij is a Thai diplomat. She currently serves as the Ambassdor and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Sunanta Kangvalkulkij
NationalityThailand
OccupationAmbassador
Known forAmbassador of Thailand to the WTO and WIPO

Life

Kangvalkulkij was given a Royal Thai scholarship and she was able to study for a masters degree in economic from the University of Illinois. She served twenty years in her country's Ministry of Commerce, rising to Deputy Director General of trade negotiations.[1] She became Thailand's permanent representative to the WTO and WIPO.

She has been the elected chair of the General Council of the World Trade Organization for 2020.[2] following a year leading the WTO's Dispute Resolution committee.[1] The General Council is the highest body of the WTO and it meets regularly in Genera.[3] She is the first Thai to have this role and her appointment in 2019 was seen as challenging against the background of an increasing trade war between the USA and China.[4]

In March 2020 David Walker, who is New Zealand's WTO representative, was elected to chair the World Trade Organisation's General Council. He took over from Kangvalkulkij and will hold the post for a year.[5]

References
  1. "GWI 33rd Triennial, Centenary Celebration and Conference". graduate-women-international.events.idloom.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. "WTO | Current WTO Chairpersons". www.wto.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. "WTO | General Council". www.wto.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. note (2019-03-05). "Sunanta Kangvalkulkij first Thai to serve as chairperson of WTO Council". Pattaya Mail. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  5. "David Parker appointed to chair WTO General Council". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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