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Japan, U.S., and Latin America Cooperation for the Free and Open International Order

Council of the Americas hosts an expert panel to discuss how governments like the United States and Japan can help promote economic growth and democratic governance in the Western Hemisphere.

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Overview

Popular dissatisfaction with lackluster economic growth, tepid recovery, growing inequality, and uncertain future prospects is weighing on democracies across the Americas. The need to establish a credible path for economic recovery and growth is urgent. Meanwhile, China has stepped into the space, seeking to leverage financial and economic engagement for strategic gain, even at the expense of fundamental values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

To support democracy and a free and open international order, governments—including the United States, Japan, and others—must seek to develop mechanisms for economic cooperation that will strengthen democracy across the region. These conversations are particularly relevant in the run up to the June Summit of the Americas, to be held in Los Angeles, where leaders will have an opportunity to highlight and promote an active, engaged, and meaningful trade and economic agenda for the Americas as a key pillar supporting regional democratic governance.

Please join us as we discuss these critical issues in depth with leading experts and practitioners to consider what is possible, and what is likely, given the critical importance of increasing trade and growing investment to economic well-being and healthy democratic societies.

Speakers

  • Maki Kobayashi, Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
  • Naotaka Yamaguchi, Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency
  • Alberto Bernal, Chief Emerging Markets and Global Strategist, XP Investments
  • Jonathan C. Hamilton, Partner, White & Case LLP
  • Antonio Ortiz-Mena, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group
  • Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)

Registration: Jorge Merino | dcprograms@as-coa.org

Speakers

Maki Kobayashi
Director General, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Work Experience

September 2021- Ambassador, Assistant Minister,

Director-General, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2017-September 2021 Executive Director Communications & Engagement

Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and...

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Naotaka Yamaguchi
Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Yamaguchi Naotaka is Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Guatemala.

Prior to joining JICA he served as a researcher at Global Environmental Forum in Japan and devoted in Project World Heritage. He covered all the UNESCO World Heritage...

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Alberto Bernal
Chief Emerging Markets and Global Strategist, XP Securities

Alberto Bernal is chief emerging markets and global strategist at XP Securities. Prior to this, he was head of research and partner at Bulltick, LLC and managing director of emerging fixed income research at Bear Stearns Inc. responsible for covering Latin America. Previously, he...

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Jonathan C. Hamilton
Partner & Global Co-Chair, International Arbitration, Paul Hastings LLP

Jonathan C. Hamilton is Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration with leading global law firm Paul Hastings, based as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Over more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Hamilton has been a true pioneer in the field of international...

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Antonio Ortiz-Mena
Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group

Antonio Ortiz-Mena is a Senior Vice President at ASG, where he provides strategic counsel and assistance to clients across Latin America. Prior to joining ASG, Ortiz-Mena served for over eight years as the Head of Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in the United States...

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Eric Farnsworth
Vice President, AS/COA, Washington

Eric Farnsworth leads the Washington office of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society with a passion for promoting the importance of the Western Hemisphere for U.S. economic, security, and strategic interests.  A recognized expert, he maintains an important policy...

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