The Third Singapore-WTO Policy Dialogue on the World Trading System was held prior to the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) under the title ‘Singapore Dialogue on the WTO: 20 Years and Beyond’.  Similar to previous editions of the Dialogue in 2011 and 2013, this year's Dialogue was intended to provide an opportunity for senior government officials to exchange views and brainstorm on issues and challenges confronting the Multilateral Trading System, in light of recent developments in the global economy.  This would involve high-level officials from the Asia-Pacific region in a broad-ranging strategic dialogue on topics such as the MC10, reinvigorating Doha and key issues for the WTO in the next 20 years.

The Dialogue, was held on 19 – 20 October 2015, was sponsored and organised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Government of Singapore, through the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), in collaboration with the Singapore Management University (SMU), as part of the agreed activities in the Singapore-WTO MoU signed in 1996 to establish the Singapore-WTO Third Country Training Programme.