JOHN SULLIVAN WILSON

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1 JOHN SULLIVAN WILSON Development Research Group, International Trade The World Bank, Washington, D.C Phone: Fax: Education Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, NY. M.A. in International Affairs May Specialization: international business and finance. Member East Asian Institute. Language proficiency: Mandarin Chinese. The College of Wooster, Ohio. B.A. History, June Included study at The Goethe Institute, Radolfzell, West Germany, German language, history, and culture courses. Awarded Institute Advanced Study Scholarship. The Taipei Language Institute, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, The Republic of China. Mandarin Certificate of Merit. June 1978-June Academic Appointment Georgetown University Washington, D.C Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, School of Foreign Service. Developed and taught a course on "International Technology and Corporate Strategy," Karl F. Landegger Program on International Business Diplomacy, Graduate School. Also co-taught a course on Technology Policy and Economic Competitiveness. Professional Experience and Responsibilities The World Bank, Washington, D.C. October1999-present Lead Economist, Development Research Group, International Trade (current position). Two year assignment as Lead Economist in the Transport and Urban Development Department, Infrastructure Vice Presidency Currently managing research projects and policy analysis on trade costs and transparency.. Operational experience includes projects in the Africa, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, and Eastern and Central European regions. Task team leader for the project Standards and Global Trade: A Voice for Africa. Task team lead in DEC on the design and establishment of the inter-agency Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) administered by the World Trade Organization.

2 Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Washington, D.C. August September 1999 Vice President, Technology Policy. Corporate officer and member of senior management team. Management and budget responsibility for regulatory affairs standards, and technical trade barriers. Provided leadership on domestic and global technology, regulatory policy, and standards issues. Provided information technology and telecommunications firms with expert analysis on international policy related to changing global regulatory trends, market structures, and selected economic issues. Responsibilities include assessment of trade liberalization process in regulatory and standards areas, including multilateral and regional trade negotiations at the WTO, APEC, and other groups. The Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C Visiting Fellow. On leave from the National Academy of Sciences. Research focus on trade, economic development, and global standards policy. Specific regional focus on policy in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Secured grant funding from the Kobelt Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation. Designed and directed a research study on the international trade impact of technical regulations, and standards policy reform in the Asia Pacific. The project resulted in publication of Standards and APEC: An Action Agenda, including policy recommendations for APEC, in advance of the Osaka Leaders Meeting of APEC in November Member of the official U.S. Delegation to APEC s Senior Officials Meeting, Sapporo, Japan, June 28-30, National Research Council (National Academies of Sciences and Engineering), Washington, D.C. August Senior Staff Officer and Project Director, Policy Division. Senior officer responsible for design, research, and writing of policy studies on international economics, trade, and technology. Co-directed and established the initial research and program content of the Academy's Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board. Management responsibilities include finance and supervision of professional staff. Duties included congressional, executive branch, private sector, and liaison with foreign governments. Directed several major policy studies, including; policy dialogues for the White House National Economic Council (NEC) on the economics of U.S. technology policy, the 1995 report Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade: Into the 21 st Century at the request of the U.S. Congress, and the "Technology and Industrial Modernization of the Mexican Economy" project. From 1989 to 1992, designed and directed the Academies research project on Civilian Technology. Responsible for economic analysis and writing of final report, as well as financial, and staff management. The project, requested by the U.S. Congress in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, resulted in the book: The Government 2

3 Role in Civilian Technology: Building a New Alliance, published by the National Academy Press in The report provided detailed analysis and policy recommendations related to the economic returns to government investment in civilian R&D, industrial technology development and transfer. Created the Academy's Technology and Public Policy seminar series. The Stern Group, Washington, D.C. November 1988-August Principal associate to Paula Stern, former Chairwoman of the U.S. International Trade Commission. Responsible at the international trade and economic policy consulting firm for research and analysis on U.S. and international economic policy issues, including; impact of U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws on competitiveness of U.S. industry, high technology trade and U.S. performance in electronics and semiconductor sectors, and impact of foreign investment in U.S. high technology industries. Responsibilities included drafting speeches, position papers, and monitoring congressional and executive branch initiatives. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. May 1988-August 1988 Consultant. Industry Development Division, Industry and Energy Department, Policy, Planning, and Research. Planned, directed, and coordinated research on the impact of U.S. government technology transfer and development programs on technology generation. Analysis included an examination of the economic rationale for investment in R&D, technology adoption, diffusion, and industrial extension assistance to small and medium-sized firms. Background paper produced on Productivity and Competitiveness: Industrial Extension Services and Technology Transfer Programs in the United States. The Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, D.C. October 1986-March Consultant Technology, Innovation, and U.S. Trade project. Responsible for analysis and research on U.S. trade policymaking, bilateral high technology trade issues, and U.S.-Japan trade patterns in semiconductors, among other issues. Produced background paper: The U.S. Government Trade Policy Response to Japanese Competition in Semiconductors, Research support to International Competition in Services assessment, which resulted in the publication: International Competition in Services. Research and analytical work on the service sector included analysis of telecommunications, computer, and financial services firms and U.S. competitiveness. The Committee for Economic Development, Washington, D.C. January 1985-October Assistant to the President. Reporting directly to the president, staff member responsible for policy research and analysis on U.S. macroeconomic policy issues, trade policy formation and implementation, and international economic issues. Analysis and research 3

4 assignments included examination of U.S.-Mexican trade relations, determinants of the structure of U.S. balance of payments, and changes in the pattern of direct foreign investment in the U.S. Duties included liaison to senior U.S. and multinational corporate members of CED working groups. Pfizer Incorporated, New York, New York (part-time) Graduate Intern and Policy Analyst in the Public Affairs Division. Assisted senior staff and President of the company with analysis of industrial competitiveness issues. Provided staff support and analysis for the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness 1984 (regulatory reform, education, and international economic issues). Produced background papers, edited division issue briefs, and drafted speeches for senior management. Drafted research and policy papers as part of a National Science Foundation education study. The President s Commission on Setting a National Agenda for the Eighties, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C Research Assistant. Provided research support for senior commission staff. Issue areas included: education reform, the effectiveness of bilingual education, and U.S. government policy planning and implementation. Assisted with public liaison and media publicity. Commission resulted in publication of the report: A National Agenda for the Eighties, Languages: Studied Mandarin Chinese and French. Chapters in Books Publications "Information Technology, Standards, and Development " In Laura DeNardis, Eddan Katz, eds.,opening Standards. New York: NYU Press, forthcoming. Cutting Trade Costs and Improved Business Facilitation in South Asia, with Tsunehiro Otsuki, in South Asia Growth and Regional Integration, Sadiq Ahmed and Ejaz Ghani (eds.) Macmillan and the World Bank, forthcoming. "Trade Faciltiation Reform and International Trade. The Case of Mexico." With A. Mejia and Isidro Soloaga, in A. Ortega Venzor, J.L. Paz Vega and R. Nuñez Gonzalez, eds.,políticas Públicas para el Crecimiento y Desarrollo. Mexico City: Editorial Porrua SA de CV "Introduction: A Review of Key Issues" with Spencer Henson, in Spencer Henson and John S. Wilson, eds, The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

5 "Trade Facilitation and Standards in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overiew., with Victor O. Abiola, in John S. Wilson and Victor Abiola, eds, Standards and Trade: A Voice for Africa. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, "Balancing Risk Reduction and Benefits from Trade in Setting Standards" with Tsunehiro Otsuki, in Laurian Unnevehr, eds.,overcoming Water Scarity and Quality Constraints. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, "Standards, Regulation and Trade: WTO Rules and Developing Country Concerns." In Bernard Hoekman, Philip English, Aaditiya Mattoo, eds., Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, An Empirical Framework for Analyzing Technical Regulations and Trade" with Keith Maskus and Tsunehiro Otsuki, in,quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade: Can It Be Done? Keith Maskus and John S. Wilson (eds.): University of Michigan Press "A Review of Past Attempts and the New Policy Context, with Keith Maskus in Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade: Can It Be Done?. Keith Maskus and John S. Wilson (eds.): University of Michigan Press "Measuring the Effect of Food Safety Standards on African Exports to Europe." with Tsunehiro Otsuki and Mirvat Sewadeh. In, eds.,the Economics of Quarantine and the SPS Agreement, Kym Anderson, Cheryl McRae and David Wilson (eds.). : Centre for International Economic Studies, Adelaide and AFFA Biosecurity Australia, Canberra Regulatory Reform, Trade, and Telecommunications Goods and Services, in Regulatory Reform in the Global Economy: Asian and Latin American Perspectives (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), June 1998 "Technical Regulations and Trade: New Developments and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, in John R. McIntyre ed., Japan s Technical Standards: Implications for Global Trade and Competitiveness (Greenwood Publishing), 1997 Telecommunications Liberalization: The Goods and Services Connection in Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Erika Wada ed., Unfinished Business: Telecommunications after the Uruguay Round (Institute for International Economics), Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade: New Developments and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, in R. Hooley, M. Dutta, A. Nasution, and M. Pangestu ed., Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Theory and Policy (Greenwich CT: JAI Press Inc.),

6 Eliminating Barriers to Trade in Telecommunications and Information Technology Goods and Services: Next Steps in Multilateral and Regional Liberalization Efforts, in Regulatory Reform and International Market Openness (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), November Technology and Industrial Modernization in Mexico," in Aspectos Tecnologicos de la Modernizacion Industrial de Mexico (Fundo de Cultura Economica), March New Developments in International Standards and Global Trade: A Conference Summary, with John M. Godfrey and Holly Grell-Lawe, in Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy ed., Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade: Into the 21 st Century (Washington D.C.: National Academy Press), Edited Volumes The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade. Editor with Spencer Henson, Edward Elgar, Standards and Global Trade: A Voice for Africa. Editor with Victor O. Abiloa, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade: Can It Be Done, Editor with Keith Maskus, Studies in International Economics Series, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press Journal Articles "Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? With Benjamin A.Shepherd, Journal of Economic Integration, forthcoming. Standards and Developing Country Exports: A Review of Selected Studies and Suggestions for Future Research, Journal of Agricultural Trade and International Development, forthcoming. "Implementing a Trade Facilitation Agreement in the WTO: What Makes Sense?. With J. Michael Finger., Pacific Economic Review 12(3): 5-355, "Assessing the Benefits of Trade Facilitation: A Global Perspective, with Tsunehiro Otsuki and Catherine L. Mann, World Economy 28(6): , To Spray or Not to Spray: Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety."with Tsunehiro Otsuki. Food Policy 29(2): ,

7 Balancing Food Safety and Risk: Do Drug Residue Limits Affect Trade in Beef? with Bashali Majumdsar and Tsunehiro Otsuki, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Volume 12 (4) pp , Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Measuring the Impact. Wilson, John S., Catherine Mann, and Tsunehiro Otsuki, World Bank Economic Review 17(3): , "Food Safety and Trade: Winners and Losers in a Non-Harmonized World." With Tsunehiro Otsuki, Journal of Economic Integration 18(2): , "Trade and Standards: A Look at Central America" with. Gary Clyde Hufbauer and, Barbara Kotschwar, The World Economy, Vol. 25, pp , "Saving Two in a Billion: Quantifying the Trade Effect of European Food Safety Standards on African Exports." With Tsunehiro Otsuki and Mirvat Sewadeh, Food Policy, #26, "What Price Precaution? European Harmonization of Aflatoxin Regulations and African Food Exports. With Tsunehior Otsuki, and Mirvat Sewadeh, European Review of Agricultural Economics 28, "The New Trade Agenda: Technology, Standards, and Technical Barriers," SAIS Review, 16(1), Other Publications and Selected Dissemination of Research "Trade Facilitation and Development, in Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming. "Technical Barriers to Trade, in Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming. Transparency and Trade Facilitation in the Asia Pacific: Estimating the Gains from Reform. Barton, A.C.T.: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with Benjamin A., Shepherd and Matthias Helble Trade Facilitation: Challenges and Opportunities in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, in From Disintegration to Reintegration: Europe and the Former Soviet Union in International Trade, World Bank Trade Facilitation Reform and Competitiveness, Competitiveness, with Isidro Soloaga and A Mejia, in Mexico Competitiveness: Reaching its Potential, World Bank, March

8 "Trade Facilitation: Why it Matters to APEC and What Next, APEC Economies Newsletter, Australian National University, September "Trade Facilitation and Economic Development." World Trade Brief 46-48, Trade and Transport Facilitation: European Accession and Capacity Building Priorities, with Xubei Luo and Harry G. Broadman, European Conference of Ministers of Transport and OECD Research Center, Standards and Agricultural Trade: A Primer and Background Readings, with Spencer J. Henson, 2003 (mimeo). Balancing Risk Reduction and Benefits from Trade in Setting Standards, with Tsunehiro Otsuki, 2020 Vision Briefs, 10 No. 6, IFPRI, Reducing Transport Costs in an Era of Security, with Shweta Bagai, Carsten Fink, in Global Economic Prospects 2004: Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda- Chapter Five (The World Bank), Trade Facilitation: A Development Perspective in the Asia-Pacific Region Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, with Catherine Mann, Yuen Pau Woo, Nizar Assanie and Inbom Choi, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Bridging the Standards Divide: Recommendations for Reform from a Development Perspective, background paper, The World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets, The World Bank, September "Agriculture in the WTO: The Role of Product Attributes in the Agricultural Negotiations, Wilson, John S., Donna Roberts, Laurian Unnevehr, Julie Caswell, Ian Sheldon, Tsunehiro Otsuki, and David Orden,. International Cultural Trade Research Consortium, Commission Paper #17, "The Development Challenge in Trade: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards, Paper for the WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards Committee, June 2000 Cutting through Red Tape: New Directions for APEC's Trade Facilitation Agenda, with Yuen Pau Woo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada,Vancouver: APEC, Regulatory Reform, Trade, and Telecommunications Goods and Services, in Regulatory Reform in the Global Economy: Asian and Latin American Perspectives (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), June 1998 Selected Research Work in Process Shrinking the Border: Trade Facilitation Priorities for Developing Countries, with Jean- Christophe Maur and Ben Shepherd (book). 8

9 Intra-African Trade Constraints: The Impact of Trade Facilitation, with Dominique Njinkeu and Bruno Powo Fosso. The Economic Impact of Improving Transparency in the Asia Pacific: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Approach, with Kazutomo Abe. Aid for Trade Facilitation: Does it Matter? with Matthias Helble and Catherine L. Mann. Mutual Recognition Agreements and International Trade: An Empirical Study with Maggie Chen and Ayako Suzuki. Transparency in Trade Policy: A Global Perspective with Matthias Helble and Ben Shepherd. Help or Hindrance? Harmonized European Product Standards and African Textile and Clothing Exports, with Witold Czubala and Ben Shepherd, submitted to Journal of African Economies. Transparency, Trade Costs, and Regional Integration in the Asia-Pacific with Matthias Helble and Ben Shepherd, forthcoming World Bank Working Paper, submitted to The World Economy. Transport Reform and Trade: What s the Connection? with Harry Broadman and Xubei Luo, submitted to Transport Policy. "Standards and Technical Regulations: Do They Matter to Export Success in Developing Countries?" with Maggie Chen and Tsunehiro Otsuki, re-submit, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development. 9