Learning, understanding, and interpreting the Sustainable Trade Index 2023 findings
In today's dynamic economic and geopolitical landscape, we're witnessing a shift from an era of rapid globalization to one of trade fragmentation and rising protectionism. How will this age of fragmentation transform global trade and economic policy as well as sustainability practices? The Hinrich-IMD STI 2023 assesses these factors.
The STI measures the capacity of 30 diverse economies to align global trade policies with long-term objectives for economic growth, societal development, and environmental protection. This fifth iteration of the Index uses 71 indicators grouped into three core pillars.
During this educational program, foreign correspondents will delve into the 2023 Sustainable Trade Index findings. They will learn to understand, interpret, and analyze these findings and use them as valuable tools for their daily business and global trade reporting.
This program is developed in partnership with the Hinrich Foundation; the AFPC-USA is solely responsible for the creation and development of the educational content of this program.
WHEN: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 2024 at 10 AM EST
ONLINE
Christos Cabolis
SPEAKER: Christos Cabolis
Christos Cabolis is the Chief Economist at the IMD World Competitiveness Center. He is also the Head of Operations at IMD, and an Adjunct Professor of Economics and Competitiveness.
Cabolis joined IMD from ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece where he was an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance. Prior to ALBA, he was the Executive Director of the International Center for Finance at Yale School of Management. From 1997-2002 he was a lecturer of economics at Yale University, where he also served as Dean of Jonathan Edwards College. He has also taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School where he was Visiting Associate Professor of Finance in 2010-11.
Cabolis’ teaching focuses on courses related to business economics, macroeconomics, corporate finance, financial management, and industrial organization.
A Research Fellow at the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management, his research focuses on issues related to mergers, the valuation of changes in corporate governance, and measuring market power. Currently, he works in topics related to the effects of rating agencies’ valuations, the interplay between competition and specialization in venture capital firms, and the optimum size of banks.
He has been published in The Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. Cabolis has been awarded grants by the BSI Gamma Foundation and the Sloan Foundation for his research. He was also the recipient of the Inaugural Jaime Fernández de Araoz Award in Corporate Finance.
Cabolis holds a BA from the University of Athens, an MA from California State University, Long Beach, and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
MODERATOR: Patricia Vasconcellos
Patricia Vasconcellos
Patrícia Vasconcellos is the US correspondent for Brazilian TV network SBT and Board Member of the Association and Club of Foreign Correspondents in the USA. Patrícia began her career as an anchor in 2001 before joining SBT in 2008. As Latin American correspondent, she covered South and Central America for six years. Patricia was based in New York City for four years and now, from Washington DC, covers the White House, State Department and US politics. Her documentary about the 2020 BLM protests and police response “Curfew in NYC” received multiple awards including best short film from New York Film Awards and best director for short films from New York International Film Awards. In 2021 she won the Professional Excellence Prize Award from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the U.S. Patrícia is a recipient of the Chevening Award, a scholarship funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to outstanding emerging leaders from all over the world. She gained her Master’s in TV Journalism from the University of London.