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The Rodolfo Rivas ProjectDDG Johanna HillSeason 6, Episode 11. Johanna Hill, Deputy Director General at the WTO.
DDG Johanna Hill has been involved with the WTO since its inception and has worked directly with it at various points in her career. Her career in multilateral and bilateral affairs is long, and she has also worked in the private sector.
We had an insightful conversation covering a wide range of topics, from her early years in El Salvador to her commitment to education, which led her to Tufts University and Columbia University.
She then worked for El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economy, where sh...
2024-10-2038 min
Take it from the IronwomanEp. 413 - Mitali Pradhan - Professor in Economics and loving PlantsI am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Business at Farmingdale State College (SUNY). I received my PhD in Economics from Fordham University. My research interests lie at the intersection of international trade and development and my research agenda is twofold – one, I am interested in looking at the impact of international trade policies on developing and least developed countries. And two, knowing that even the most development friendly trade policies have to be backed by a robust domestic infrastructure, I investigate the impact of various capacity constraints on firms’ performance, again in the context of deve...
2024-03-1816 min
Foreign Press PodcastThe Impact of Trade in This US Presidential Election YearIn a recent article, Inu Manak, an expert in international political economy, discusses how US trade policy has returned to reciprocity. To better understand this topic we invited her to talk to our community of foreign journalists. She talks with Patricia Vasconcellos, Board Member of the AFPC-USA and White House Correspondent for SBT.
Inu Manak is a fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) where she researches and writes on policy issues relevant to US trade policy, including topics such trade politics and institutions, trade negotiations, and dispute settlement.
2024-03-1126 min
TradeExperettes10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade - Part 2On this episode, Kellie and Belén chat with Johanna Hill, the TradeExperettes Outreach Director, about the TE “10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade” Report that is part of TE’s Digital Trade Year and was launched in September 2022, in Geneva, during the WTO Public Forum. It also includes valuable inputs from some of the experts that contributed to the report: Marion Jensen, Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Eunice Huang, Head of Asia-Pacific Trade Policy at Google, and Anna Jankowska-Eriksson, Market Analyst at the International Trade Centre (ITC).
2023-07-1022 minTradeExperettes10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade - Part 1This episode consists of a conversation with Johanna Hill, the TradeExperettes Outreach Director, about the TE Project “10 Quick Wins for Digital Trade,” that is part of TE’s Digital Trade Year, and was launched in September 2022, in Geneva, during the WTO Public Forum week. It also includes the insightful comments of some of the experts that contributed to the report, like Yan Xiao, Lead of the Digital Payments Project at the World Economic Forum, and Victoria Bruno, Independent Lawyer and Consultant in International Trade, Program Leader of the TradeExperettes Skills Lab and Host, TradeExperettes Confidentials.
2023-05-0919 minTradeExperettesTechnology & Trade FacilitationOn this episode Kellie and Belén talk with Pamela Ugaz, who is an Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD, about how technology has facilitated trade over the years, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic and which is the current status of the adoption of tech-oriented measures to facilitate trade among WTO Members. This episode complements a blog that Pamela wrote in 2020 for the TradeExperettes, “How Technology Can Help Beat COVID-19's Cross-Border Trade Disruptions.”
2023-04-1335 minTradeExperettesThe YATEs take over the TE Podcast Series: Hot Chocolate with BogoloThis is the first episode of the Series "The YATEs take over the TE Podcast." In this episode, two Young African TradeExperettes (YATEs), Laone Nthaga and Chidinma Nwodo, interview Bogolo J. Kenewendo. Bogolo is a global economist and Former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in Botswana, and is part of the TradeExperettes Advisory Board.
2023-03-2034 minTradeExperettesMeet the YATEs!On this podcast episode you will hear the testimonials of 4 of our Young African TradeExperettes (YATEs) fellows: Lechani Kgangyame, Pelontle Maphula, Laone Nthaga and Chidinma Nwodo. They engage in a conversation with Kellie and Belén about their experiences in the fellowship program, as well as their path on trade and professional development.
2023-01-2029 minTradeExperettesTradeExperettes’ Letters to Santa 2022On this podcast episode you will hear from some of the TradeExperettes Queens, Advisorettes and Members who have shared with Kellie and Belén their thoughts about their favorite TradeExperettes activities in 2022 and their wishes for the New Year.
2022-12-2016 minTradeExperettesTrade and the promotion of green energyThis episode of the Trade Experettes podcast consists of an interview with Ilaria Espa about the challenges that current trade rules present for sustainable development. This episode builds on the session that the TradeExperettes organized for the 2022 WTO Public Forum “Rethinking trade rules on subsidies to enhance sustainable development.”
Speaker: Ilaria Espa is a Senior Assistant Professor of International Economic Law at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She serves as CISDL Lead Counsel for Na...
2022-11-2932 min
TradeExperettesThe outcomes of MC12This podcast episode consists of an interview with Dr. Inu Manak about the outcomes of the WTO 12th Ministerial Conference. Dr. Inu Manak is a Fellow for Trade Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. At CFR, she researches and writes on policy issues relevant to U.S. trade policy, including topics such as global trade flows and regional and global trade arrangements. An expert in international political economy, Dr. Manak’s research focuses on U.S. trade policy and the law and politics of the World Trade Organization.
2022-06-2922 minTradeExperettesDigital Trade and the WTO E-commerce negotiationsStephanie Honey is a trade policy consultant and former New Zealand trade negotiator. She focuses on digital trade and services, Asia-Pacific regional economic integration, the WTO, agriculture, and inclusion in trade. Stephanie serves as Deputy Executive Director of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Associate Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum, and is the co-founder of Global Trade Insights, a business offering executive education in trade policy. Today, she discusses digital trade, the latest developments in digital trade in FTAs, and the WTO e-commerce negotiations.
2022-06-1135 minTradeExperettesThe U.S. response to the EU CBAM: Past responses and future prospectsThis podcast episode consists of an interview with Ann-Evelyn Luyten about her recent TE blog "The U.S. response to the EU CBAM: Past responses and future prospects" and an update on the recent legislative developments on the EU CBAM.
2022-05-1719 min2022-04-2031 minTradeExperettesTime for Women Leaders in International OrganizationsListen to Maria V. Sokolova, Alisa DiCaprio, Nicole Bivens Collinson, and Zyra Quirante discuss about their research on women leaders in international organizations. The research was inspired by the TradeExperettes blog that Maria, Alisa and Nicole wrote in 2020, available here: https://www.tradeexperettes.org/blog/articles/is-it-time-for-women-leaders-in-international-organizations
2022-03-0731 minTradeExperettesTrade Experettes' Letters to SantaIn this episode members of the Trade Experettes provide highlights from 2021 and wishes for 2022.
2021-12-2210 minTradeExperettesTrade Experettes Advisory BoardMeet two members of the Trade Experettes advisory board! Cecilia Malmström and Debra Steger discuss the importance of mentoring and share their reasons for joining our organization as advisors.
Learn more at https://www.tradeexperettes.org
2021-11-1618 minTradeExperettesCOVID 19 Blog series: Ingrid BerglundIngrid Berglund, Advisor on trade policy at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, discusses why turning inwards in the face of COVID-19 is not a winning strategy - and why a return to ambitious multilateralism is.
Full article available here: https://www.tradeexperettes.org/corona/an-ambitious-agenda-on-trade-and-multilateralism-is-needed-for-the-recovery-of-the-global-economy
Ebook is available here: https://voxeu.org/content/covid-19-and-trade-policy-why-turning-inward-won-t-work
2020-08-1916 minTradeExperettesCOVID-19 Blog series: Leslie Griffin - WTO Trade Facilitation AgreementLeslie Griffin, Principal, Allinea LLC discusses her blog article published on the Trade Experettes COVID-19 blog.
Trade Facilitation and the Response to COVID-19: An Update on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement:
Reforms at the heart of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement are playing an important role in the response to the pandemic, including facilitating the import and export of critical medical products, addressing supply chain disruptions, and preparing economies for business resumption and resilience planning.
Blog series can be found here: https://www.tradeexperettes.org/corona
2020-08-0609 minTradeExperettesCOVID-19 Blog series: Maria Sokolova - Black Swan and the 5 pirouettes the world is doing for Covid-19A summary of the blog post "Black Swan and the 5 pirouettes the world is doing for Covid-19" by the author.
Original publication can be found here: https://www.tradeexperettes.org/corona/black-swan-and-the-5-pirouettes-the-world-is-doing-for-covid-19
2020-05-1206 minTradeExperettesAlisa DiCaprio - BlockchainThis episode features Alisa DiCaprio discussing the applications of block chain in trade and trade finance. She has experience in both public and private sectors on trade, export promotion, labor issues, and designing and implementing development projects. She has worked in Cambodia, Chile, Finland, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the US. Her work on global digital economy issues include chairing committees at the ICC, BAFT, Trade Finance Advisory Council, and formerly the American Chamber of Commerce of Japan. Listen in and be inspired about the future of blockchain and trade.
2020-03-0637 minTradeExperettesHanna Norberg - Trade Experettes founder and initial instigatorWhat is a trade experette? Trade + Expert + Female = #tradeexperette
Listen how the "trade experette" movement got started. Hanna Norberg explains the twitter conversation that sparked the development of a spectacular reference list of female experts for conference hosts and journalists to locate a diverse pool of experts on trade.
2020-01-0329 minTradeExperettesMaria Åsenius - Head of Cabinet for the EU Commissioner of TradeMaria (Mia) Åsenius talks about her role as the Head of Cabinet for the EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom. She shares her career path experience, long-term interest in trade and instruments of the European trade policy. She discusses the Commission's effort to communicate trade with civil society, the 'Trade for all' agenda, and the addition of sustainability chapters in trade agreements. She also explains the current EU-US relations, negotiations with MERCOSUR countries and a need to improve the internal market for services in the EU
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/malmstrom/team_en
2019-11-0635 min