Jaime Granados

Bio

Academic Background

  • Master of Science in Public Policy in Latin America, Oxford University, England, 1997 (Thesis: Free trade negotiations between Central America, Colombia and Venezuela from 1991 to 1995: origins and demise. Prof. Laurence Whitehead, supervisor)

  • Master of Laws, University of Georgia, United States, 1992 (Thesis: Uruguay Round Trade in Services Negotiations: pre-negotiation phase and North-South Issues. Prof.Thomas Schoembaum, supervisor)

  • Licenciado en Derecho (J.D. equivalent), University of Costa Rica, 1991 (Thesis: The Uruguay Round and its impact in strenghtening the multilateral trading system, with three more colleagues)

Areas of Expertise

Present Positions

  • FTAA Coordinator. Consultant on trade and legal matters. Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC. 2000-to date. Coordinator of the technical support the IDB provides to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA); IDB coordinator of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Market Access. Advisor on market access issues, 1998-1999.

Previous Positions

  • Director General of the International Trade Negotiations Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica, 1997-1998.

  • Trade Negotiator and Legal Advisor, International Trade Negotiations Division, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica, 1992-1996.

Other Activities and Memberships

  • Speaker to several seminars and conferences in different countries of Latin America and the United States on trade issues, in particular FTAA, WTO, trade negotiations, regional integration in Central America, etc. (full list available upon request)

  • Profesor of Trade Policy and Negotiations, Manuel María Peralta Institute of Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica, 1994-1996

  • Profesor of GATT/WTO and International Trade, Braulio Carrillo University, Costa Rica, 1993-1996

  • Endurance horseback riding and horse breeding (in Costa Rica)

Publications

Several technical articles on international trade matters including safeguard measures, unfair trade, dispute settlement, rules of origin, technical barriers to trade, Costa Rica-Southeast Asia trade relations, trade in services negotiations during the Uruguay Round, and investment negotiations. Ministry of Foreign Trade Publications, Costa Rica, 1992-1998

(Most recent)

  • Free trade negotiations between Central America, Colombia and Venezuela from 1991 to 1995: origins and demise, Trade and Integration Review, IDB/INTAL.1999

  • Santiago and after: the prospects for the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Center for Iberian and
    Latin American Studies, University of California at San Diego, working papers series, 1998

  • El ALCA y la OMC: especulaciones en torno a su interacción, INTAL/IDB working paper series, 1999

  • El proceso de Adopción e Implementación en Centroamérica de Disciplinas Internacionales sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio. World Bank working paper, submitted for a Seminar on Quality and Standards in Central America; Panamá City, 2000; available at the World Bank website

  • Integración comercial en Centro América: un marco interpretativo y cursos de acción plausible, ocassional paper, INTAL/IDB, May 2001

  • Other papers and ongoing research

  • Trade Policy Measures to Tackle Financial Crisis in Latin America: Legal and Policy Questions, contribution to IDB Periodic Note, 1999

  • Safeguard Measures in Economic Integration Schemes: Comparing Different Approaches in the Americas, IDB ongoing research

  • Agricultural Negotiations in the FTAA, IDB ongoing research (with Mario Berrios)

  • Zonas francas y otros regímenes especiales en un contexto de negociaciones comerciales multilaterales y regionales. Paper prepared for the II Caribbean and Central American Zona Export Procewssing Zones Conference, Dominican Republic, March 2002.

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