Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez. Dr. Gonzalez-Perez is the coordinator of the Colombian universities’ relationship with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

In this gBB segment, Alejandra discusses the reasons as to why Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and Bilateral Trade Agreements (BTAs) are important for developing countries and emerging markets.

She also talks about who wins and who loses, in general terms, in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and Bilateral Trade Agreements (BTAs). Plus, she addresses the future scenarios for the World Trade Organization (WTO).

To hear Maria and Tomas discuss this topic, please click on the embedded SoundCloud PodCast shared below.