Speaker: Andres Valenciano, John F. Kennedy Fellow, HKS MC/MPA '23

Moderator: Alejandro Rueda-Sanz, Research Fellow, Growth Lab

About the speaker: Andres is currently a John F. Kennedy Fellow at the MC/MPA program at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously he was the Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, responsible for Costa Rican foreign trade policies, export promotion, and attraction of foreign investment, as well as the official representation before several multilateral organizations, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). During his tenure, he was...

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