Marcos S. Jank

Bio

Marcos Sawaya Jank, is the President of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) <http://www.iconebrasil.org.br/english> and Associate Professor of International Economics and Trade Policy at the School of Economics and Business of the University of São Paulo (USP). In 2001/02 he served as Special Expert in Integration and Trade for the Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington DC. A former Special Counselor to the Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry, and Trade in 1999, he was also a visiting scholar at Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service) and at the University of Missouri-Columbia.  He is author or coauthor of over 170 publications and has conducted 350 presentations throughout Brazil and around the world. He is also a regular writer for the newspaper "O Estado de São Paulo" and publishes articles in the Brazilian magazines Veja, Época, Exame, and in the newspapers "Valor Econômico" and "Folha de São Paulo." He holds a B.Sc. degree in agronomy from USP, a M.Sc. in Agricultural Policies (France), and a Ph.D. from the School of Economics and Business at USP.

Academic Background

  • Associate Professor of the University of São Paulo (2002)
  • Ph.D - School of Economics and Business of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, USP/FEA (1996).
  • M.Sc. in Agricultural Policies - IAM Montpellier, France (1988)
  • B.Sc. Degree in Agronomy - "Luiz de Queiroz" School of Agriculture - USP/ESALQ (1984)

Areas of Expertise

  • Trade Policy, international trade, international negotiations
  • Multilateral and preferential trade agreements
  • Comparative agricultural policies
  • Agricultural and agribusiness competitiveness

Languages

  • Fluent in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish.

Present Position (s)

  • President of the Brazilian Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE).
  • Associate Professor of International Economics and Trade Policy, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Previous Position (s)

  • Special expert in Integration and Trade, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division, Washington DC, 2001-2002.
  • First holder of the Canada Visiting Research Chair in Brazilian Studies (2003), a collaborative initiative of York University, University of Western Ontario, Université du Québec à Montréal and University of Calgary.
  • Visiting Scholar, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2001).
  • Visiting Scholar, Agribusiness Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia (2000).
  • Special Counselor for the Minister of Development, Industry and Trade of Brazil (1999), then Mr. Celso Lafer.
  • Associate Faculty Member at the USP Agribusiness Studies Program (PENSA).
  • Special Adviser on International Affairs to the Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo (then Mr. Roberto Rodrigues, 1993/1994).

Other Activities and Memberships

  • Member of the Academic Council of the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
  • Member of the Academic Council of the International Conjuncture Analysis Group at the University of São Paulo (GACINT-USP)
  • Guest Professor at Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, France
  • Guest Professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo
  • Member of the Working Group on European Union-Mercosur Negotiations at Sciences Politiques, Paris
  • Member of the Trade and Poverty Forum of the German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Member of the Brazil-Germany Commission on Agribusiness

Recent Publications

  • Jank, M.S. (editor). Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Policies and Implications for Latin America. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 11 Chapters, 2004, 374 p.
  • Jank, M.S.; Z. Arashiro. Free Trade in the Americas. Where Are We? Where Could We Be Headed? In Inter-American Dialogue (org). Free Trade in the Americas: Getting There From Here. Washington, DC: Report of the Inter-American Dialogue, 2004.
  • Jank, M.S.; L. Araújo; J. Diaz. The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Perspective: Challenging Trade-Distorting Agricultural Subsidies. In J. Lacarte & J. Granados (eds). Inter-Governmental Trade Dispute Settlement: Multilateral and Regional Approaches, Chapter IV: Practical Dispute Settlement Issues. London: Cameron May, 2004.
  • Jank, M.S.; M. Jales. On Product, Box and Blame-Shifting: Negotiating Frameworks for Agriculture in the WTO Doha Round. Washington, DC and Paris: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) & Centre d’Etudes Prospectives Internationales (CEPII), 2004 (to be published in 2005).
  • Jank, M.S.; J.-Y.Carfantan; G. Kutas; A.J. Meirelles; A. Nassar; J.H. Cunha Filho. Scenarios for Untying the Agriculture Knot. In A. Valladao, F. Peña, P. Messerlin (eds). Concluding the EU-Mercosur Agreement, Chapter 1. Paris: Mercosur Chaire of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Presses de Sciences Po, 2004.
  • M. Berrios, J. Granados, M. S. Jank, J. Monteagudo e M. Watanuki. Prospects and Challenges for the Liberalization of Agricultural Trade in the Western Hemisphere, In A. Estevadeordal, D. Rodrik, A. M. Taylor and A. Velasco (eds). Integrating the Americas - FTAA and Beyond, Part IV: Negotiating the FTAA Agreement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
  • Jank, M.S.; I. Fuchsloch; G. Kutas. Agricultural Liberalization in Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiations . Working Paper SITI-03. Washington, DC: Institute for the Integration of Latin America and The Caribbean (INTAL) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2003.
  • Jank, M.S.; M.F.P. Leme; A.M. Nassar; P. Faveret. Concentration and Internationalization of Brazilian Agribusiness Exporters. In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Elsevier, 2(3/4):37-54, July 2001. (Referred article)
  • Jank, M.S.; E.M.Q. Farina; V. Galan, O agribusiness do leite no Brasil [The dairy agribusiness sector in Brazil]. São Paulo: Ed. Milkbiss, 1999, 107 p. (book)
  • Zylbersztajn, D.; M.S. Jank. Agribusiness in Mercosul: Building New Institutional Apparatus. In: Agribusiness: An International Journal, 14 (4):257-266, 1998. (Referred article)
  • Jank, M.S. (2001). Accès aux Marchés et Politiques Agricoles [Market Access and Agricultural Policies]. In: Giordano, Valladão & Durand (ed.), Vers un Accord entre l’Europe et le Mercosur. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2001, 453 p.

Current Research Projects

  • Agricultural market access and subsidies in regional and multilateral negotiation

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Phone/fax: 55-11-3021-0403
Email: msjank@iconebrasil.org.br