Barbara Kotschwar

Bio
Academic Background
  • Ph.D, The Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University
    M.A. in International Economics and Latin American Studies, 1995
  • McGill University
    A. (Honours) in Political Science; B.A. in Economics, 1993
    Founder and Editor (1991-3), LATITUDES: the McGill Journal of Developing Areas Studies
Areas of Expertise
  • Trade and economic integration in the Americas
  • Regional trading arrangements
  • Standards and technical barriers to trade
Present Positions
  • Research Associate, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Previous Positions
  • Coordinator, Foreign Trade Information System (SICE), Trade Unit, Organization of American States
  • Senior Trade Specialist, Organization of American States, Trade Unit
  • Research Assistant, Institute for International Economics, June 1995-October 1996
  • Research Assistant, Foreign Policy Institute of he Johns Hopkins University, North American Studies Project, June 1994-May 1995
  • The Rendon Group, Caribbean and Latin American Division, Latin America Analyst, January 1994-January 1995
  • Staff Language and Research Assistant, International Monetary Fund, Legal Department, May-August 1993
Other Activities and Memberships
  • Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown University, Center for Latin American Studies. Economic Integration in the Americas 1998-2002; NAFTA and Hemispheric Integration Spring 1998.
  • Latin American Studies Association
  • American Economics Association
Publications
  • (with Patrick Low and Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza) 1999, Trade Rules in the Making: Multilateral and Regional Trade Arrangements, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press/Organization of American States
  • (with Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza and Patricia Correa) 1998. The Andean Community and the United States: Trade and Investment Relations in the 1990s Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States
Papers
  • (with Jacqueline DesLauriers) “After Seattle: How NGOs are Transforming the Global Trade and Finance Agenda,” Chapter 2 in Jonathan Doh and Hildy Teegen, eds. How NGOs are Transforming Corporate Strategy, Public Policy, and Business Government Relations. Forthcoming 2002
  • (with Gary Hufbauer and John S. Wilson). .Trade, Standards and Development: Perspectives for Central America. World Bank Policy Research Paper 2576. April, 2001
  • “El Área De Libre Comercio De Las Américas: Origen, Objetivos Y Situación.” Contribuciones, Fundación Konrad Adenauer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (4) 2001, pp. 25-40
  • “Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade,” Chapter 7 in José M. Salazar and Maryse Robert, eds. Towards Free Trade in the Americas. 2001. The Brookings Institution
  • “La Globalización y la nueva Agenda de Comercio en el ALCA: El papel de las Normas y Regulaciones Técnicas,” Documento preparado para el Seminario en Regulaciones Técnicas en la Américas, Asunción, 13-15 septiembre 1999
  • “Small Countries and the Free Trade Area of the Americas,” in Rodríguez, Miguel, Patrick Low and Barbara Kotschwar, editors, Trade Rules in the Making: Multilateral and Regional Trade Arrangements: and Analysis of Current Trade Policy Issues, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press/Organization of American States, 1999
  • (with Gary Hufbauer), “The Future Course of Trade Liberalization,” prepared for the World Bank World Development Report background papers, 1999
  • (with Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Schott), “US Interests in Free Trade in the Americas,” in Fishlow, Albert and James Jones, editors, The United Sates and the Americas: A Twenty-First Century View, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999
  • (with Gary Hufbauer), “Regional Integration Efforts: Lessons from Asia and the Western Hemisphere,” in Zubair Iqbal and Mohsin Khan, Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa, Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1998
  • (with Gary Hufbauer), “The Future of Regional Trading Arrangements in the Western Hemisphere,” in Kreinin, Mordechaie E., ed., Building a Partnership: The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, Michigan: Michigan State University. 1999
  • (with Gary Hufbauer), “The United States and the Andean Community: Prospects and Problems in the Trade and Investment Relationship,” in Rodríguez, Correa and Kotschwar, 1998. The Andean Community and the United States: Trade and Investment Relations in the 1990s Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States
  • (with Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza), “Latin America: Expanding Trade Opportunities”, SAIS Review 17, no. 2 (Summer-Fall 1997): 39-60
  • (with Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza), “Whatever Happened to NAFTA Expansion?: the Outlook for Free Trade in the Americas,” North American Free Trade and Investment Report 7, no. 11 (June 1997): 19-20
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer), “Colombia-US Investment Relations, A Report to the Comisión de Análisis Recomendaciones Sobre las Relaciones entre Colombia y Estados Unidos,” (proprietary paper) March 1997
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer), “Un proceso frenado: la política de los Estados Unidos frente a América Latina,” Contribuciones, Fundación Konrad Adenauer CIEDLA, 4 (1996): 49-64
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer), Transatlantic Free Trade Policy Forum, The Washington Quarterly 19, no. 2 (Spring 1996): 112-118
  • (with Jeffrey J. Schott), “Western Hemisphere Readiness Indicators: An Interim Report,” Presentation delivered at the Americas Business Forum, Cartagena, Colombia, March 12, 1996
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer), “US Leadership of Western Hemisphere Trade Integration: Great Idea Meets Practical Roadblock,” Consumers For World Trade Newsletter (Winter 1995)
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer), “Going Global,” Hemisfile 6. (November/December 1995): 6-7
  • (with Gary C. Hufbauer and Daniel H. Rosen), “An Overview of the North American Free Trade Agreement: Background on Concessions, Summary of Sectoral Coverage and Analysis of the Political Dynamics of Expansion,” (proprietary paper prepared for UNIDO), October 10, 1995
  • “South-South Economic Cooperation: Regional Trade Arrangements Among Developing Countries as a Basis for Development,” Cooperation South, UNDP, May 1995
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