Background

Dianna Tussie joined CIGI's International Advisory Board of Governors in 2008. Dr. Tussie heads the Department of International Relations at FLACSO/Argentina and is the founding director of the Latin American Trade Network (LATN). Her recent books include The Politics of Trade: Research and Knowledge in Trade Negotiations; Trade Negotiations in Latin America: Problems and Prospects: El ALCA y las Cumbres de las Américas:Una nueva relación público-privada (with M. Botto).

She has served as junior secretary for trade negotiations and was a member of the board of the International Trade Commission in Argentina.

In 2005 she served on the High Level External Panel for the Trade Assistance Evaluation of the World Bank. More recently she joined colleagues from Canada and India in the external evaluation of the WTO's technical assistance program. She is a current member of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations and serves on the Editorial Boards of several international journals.