| Dr. Vinod Aggarwal | |
| Vinnie Aggarwal is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley. From 1991-1994, he was Chairman of the Political Economy of Industrial Societies Program. He is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Business and Politics. Prof. Aggarwal received his B.A. in political science and psychology from the University of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. in international political economy from Stanford University. He has been a Research Fellow and Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, a Rockefeller Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Fellow, Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, a Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center, and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Aggarwal consults regularly with multinational corporations on strategic planning, trade policy, and international negotiations. His clients include Cisco, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm, Herman Miller, Italcementi, ARCO, and Nestle. In the public sector, he has been a consultant to the Mexican Government, the U.S. Department of Commerce, World Trade Organization, OECD, the Group of Thirty, IFAD, the International Labor Organization, ASEAN, and the World Bank. In 1990, he was Special Adviser on Trade Negotiations to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in connection with the GATT Uruguay Round negotiations and has also worked with the APEC Eminent Persons Group. He is a frequent speaker in Executive Education programs in the United States and Europe. In 1997, he won the Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award at the Haas School of Business for PhD teaching; in 2003 he was first runner up for the Cheit Award for MBA teaching and won first place for the MBA program in 2005. His authored books include Liberal Protectionism, International Debt Threat, Debt Games, Le Renseignement Stratégique d'Entreprise, Une Nouvelle Approche des Phénomènes Sociaux, and he has edited Institutional Designs for a Complex World, Asia-Pacific Crossroads, Winning in Asia: European Style, Winning in Asia: Japanese Style, Winning in Asia: U.S. Style, Sovereign Debt Management, European Union Trade Strategies, The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade, and Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific. Prof. Aggarwal has also published over 70 articles and book chapters on the politics of trade and finance. His current research examines comparative regionalism in Europe, North America, and Asia with a focus on implications for the international system and multinational corporations. Dr. Aggarwal speaks five languages. He was born in Seattle, Washington. |
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