José Manuel Antonio Luna Calderón

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Manuel Luna Calderón
Manuel has professional experience both in public work as well as in academia. He has been involved in activities related to international trade for over 30 years.

He worked as professor and researcher at the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) from 1980 to 1991. Here, he led the International Economics Department and was Coordinator of the Master Degree Program on International Economics and Political Issues.

At the Ministry of Economy, at the time SECOFI, he was Director for Trade in Services at the Undersecretary for International Trade Negotiations. He participated in the NAFTA negotiating process in the groups on telecommunications, temporary entry and professional services. He was appointed Director General for Europe on January 1, 1995.

He has an economics degree from the Universidad Veracruzana and a Masters in Economics from CIDE.

Manuel has written books and articles on theories of balance of payments, trade in services, the North American regional integration and the free trade area Mexico -European Union.

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