APEC / G20 / Centre for Economic Policy Research / International Monetary Fund / European Commission Centre for Economic Policy Research / Harvard / European Commission / World Trade Organization / Executive Committee / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / /
Person
Hadi Soesastro / Jeffrey J. Schott / Douglas A. Irwin / Patrick A. Messerlin / Guillermo de la Dehesa Richard / Robert Lawrence / Jagdish Bhagwati / Simon J. Evenett Geneva / Peter Draper / Ann Capling / Richard Portes Stephen Yeo Mathias / Gary Clyde Hufbauer / Mathias Dewatripont Richard Baldwin Contents / Wendy Dobson / Anil Shamdasani / Agustin Cornejo / Nicole Hunt / Arvind Panagariya / Simon J Evenett / Richard Baldwin / Pierre-Louis Vézina / Arvid Panagariya / Stephen Yeo Mathias Dewatripont Richard / / /
Position
Chair of the Board President Chief Executive Officer Research Director Policy Director Guillermo de la Dehesa Richard / Professor / President / leading trade historian / entrepreneur / Board President Chief Executive Officer Research Director Policy Director / /
In late 2008, as the global financial crisis was spreading, so too was protectionism. Despite pledges by G20 and APEC leaders, tariffs were being raised in developing countries and industrialised nations had launched a s