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www.weforum.org 30.01.2010 Multilateral efforts to increase international trade and to reduce carbon emissions have surfaced important policy linkages between the two global issues. How can trade and climate agreements be aligned so that trade becomes a driver for low-carbon growth, rather than carbon becoming the cause of trade conflicts? Celso Amorim, Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation and Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs Masayuki Naoshima, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Rachid M. Rachid, Minister of Trade and Industry of Egypt Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi Chaired by Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert L. Williams Professor of Trade and Investment, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA; Global Agenda Council on Trade