Monday--Lecture by Antonio Ortiz-Mena: Why is Mexico Important to the U.S. Economy?---- 9-22-2014

Why is Mexico Important to the U.S. Economy?

By 

Antonio Ortiz-Mena  

Head of Section for Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in the United States

       

Monday, September 22, 2014

2:00 P.M.

3911 Posvar Hall

 

 

ANTONIO ORTIZ-MENA

Antonio Ortiz-Mena has been the Head of Section for Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in the United States since 2007 and was Professor of International Relations at CIDE (Centro de Investigation y  Docencia Económicas, A.C.) in Mexico City from 1999 to 2007. He was Chair of the International Studies Department from 2004 to 2007.

 

Dr. Ortiz-Mena has published widely on trade policy and regional integration. He has been an advisor at the Mexican Ministry of Programming and Budget, at the Mexican Ministry of Fisheries, and was a member of the NAFTA Negotiation team. He holds an MA in Latin American Studies (Economics of Development) from the University of London and a PhD in Political Science (International Political Economy) from the University of California, San Diego.

 

 

For more information contact: Luz Amanda Hank at lavst12@pitt.edu    

 

 

Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Graduate School of International and Public Affairs (GSPIA), the Department of Political Science, and the International Business Center at the University of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.