Taiwan won a slot to run a seminar at the WTO's biggest annual outreach event in Geneva, a modest diplomatic win that shows it can still take part in global trade bodies despite pressure from China.

• Taiwan's proposal beat many others to earn a seminar at the WTO Public Forum, its seventh since 2016.
• The topic was how digital tools and new tech can help small businesses join global supply chains and sell services across borders.
• Taiwan's WTO envoy led the session, with academic, industry, and WTO legal-center speakers.
• Delegates from the EU, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, Thailand, and others attended, giving Taiwan rare face time with trade officials.
• Attendees called for stronger WTO rules on services trade and more help for small firms to go global.

Outlook: Taiwan will keep using WTO and similar platforms to stay visible in the global trade system, since it is shut out of most other international bodies.