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Serving as director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 2002 to August 2005, Supachai Panitchpakdi made history as the organization’s first Asian leader.
In an exclusive interview with reporter Zhao Wei on the sidelines of the third Oriental Civilization Dialogue, a cross-cultural dialogue event hosted by the Mencius Foundation in Chengdu, capital of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, in early April, Panitchpakdi shared his views on the importance of cultural exchange between East and West and how these interactions can lead