Latin America and Regional Trade: Trans-Pacific Views on Current Developments
Dr Deborah Elms, Asian Trade Centre and expert panel
5:15 – 6:45pm, Monday, 27 February 2023
National Office
Room 2.07 Rutherford House, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, 33 Bunny Street
NB: We have reached capacity for in-person attendees but are now opening up a virtual option for the Wellington session via Zoom.
This event is organised by the Latin America Centre for Asia Pacific Excellence in association with New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.
About the event
2023 will be a significant year for the CPTPP as Aotearoa New Zealand hosts a major gathering of its members. Currently, however, the involvement and interest of Latin American nations in this grouping and other innovative trade arrangements that unlock new business opportunities across the Pacific is not widely known in New Zealand.
The Latin America CAPE is hosting an event to highlight how trade agreements connect New Zealand, Latin American, and Asia-Pacific economies and to explore the prospects for these agreements in 2023.
The event begins with experts showing how and why New Zealand and Latin America have come to work together on trade policy. Then, after they have set this scene, Dr Deborah Elms, a leading authority on Asia-Pacific trade will offer a view from beyond these societies on the current opportunities Latin American nations have to shape the current rules and flows of trans-Pacific trade.
About Dr Deborah Elms
Dr. Deborah Elms is the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre and the President of the Asia Business Trade Association.
Concurrently, she is a member of APCO’s International Advisory Council, the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network, and the Advisory Board of the Trade and Investment Negotiation Adviser at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. She is also a Research Associate at the New Zealand APEC Study Centre and a Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Academy of Singapore.
Dr. Elms has extensive experience working with governments, international organizations, businesses, and the academe and is one of the leading experts on trade policy in the region. She was also active in her past leadership posts in international trade groups having served on the Trade and Investment Council of the World Economic Forum from 2017 to 2019, the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance, as well as being the chair of its Working Group on Trade Policy and Law.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Elms was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade and Negotiations and Senior Fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Dr. Elms holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, an MA in international relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s degrees from Boston University. Dr. Elms frequently appears in the media to provide expert analysis on trade issues in the region and publishes the Talking Trade Blog.
NB: We have reached capacity for in-person attendees but are now opening up a virtual option for the Wellington session via Zoom.
This event is organised by the Latin America Centre for Asia Pacific Excellence in association with New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.
About the event
2023 will be a significant year for the CPTPP as Aotearoa New Zealand hosts a major gathering of its members. Currently, however, the involvement and interest of Latin American nations in this grouping and other innovative trade arrangements that unlock new business opportunities across the Pacific is not widely known in New Zealand.
The Latin America CAPE is hosting an event to highlight how trade agreements connect New Zealand, Latin American, and Asia-Pacific economies and to explore the prospects for these agreements in 2023.
The event begins with experts showing how and why New Zealand and Latin America have come to work together on trade policy. Then, after they have set this scene, Dr Deborah Elms, a leading authority on Asia-Pacific trade will offer a view from beyond these societies on the current opportunities Latin American nations have to shape the current rules and flows of trans-Pacific trade.
About Dr Deborah Elms
Dr. Deborah Elms is the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre and the President of the Asia Business Trade Association.
Concurrently, she is a member of APCO’s International Advisory Council, the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network, and the Advisory Board of the Trade and Investment Negotiation Adviser at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. She is also a Research Associate at the New Zealand APEC Study Centre and a Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Academy of Singapore.
Dr. Elms has extensive experience working with governments, international organizations, businesses, and the academe and is one of the leading experts on trade policy in the region. She was also active in her past leadership posts in international trade groups having served on the Trade and Investment Council of the World Economic Forum from 2017 to 2019, the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance, as well as being the chair of its Working Group on Trade Policy and Law.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Elms was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade and Negotiations and Senior Fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Dr. Elms holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, an MA in international relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s degrees from Boston University. Dr. Elms frequently appears in the media to provide expert analysis on trade issues in the region and publishes the Talking Trade Blog.
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