Secretariat Staff

Antonio Pineda – Program Coordinator

Antonio Pineda holds a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies-Johns Hopkins University, a Diploma in Foreign Affairs from the Bologna Center SAIS-JHU, a Diploma in Trade Policy, concentrating mainly in the NAFTA Agreement from Universidad Iberoamericana and a B.A. in International Relations from Universidad de las Américas-Puebla. Before assuming his duties full time at the CLC Secretariat in May 2006, Antonio Pineda held a series of governmental posts based in Mexico City . They include Director of International Affairs at the Mexican Senate, Sub-director at the Ministry of Economy dealing with automobile industry, the WTO and APEC issues, amongst others. Antonio interned at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva in the Market Access Division and in the commercial office of the Mexican Embassy in Rome . On the academic front, he spent the last five years as a part-time lecturer at Universidad de las Américas AC in Mexico City where we taught International Finance, New Actors in the International Relations and Comparative Economic Development. Antonio is fluent in the English, Spanish, French and Italian languages.

E-mail: apineda@naalc.org

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