Season 2 Episode 1 - My guest in the first episode of the second season is Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign & Comparative Law Professor at Columbia Law School, leading International Trade academic and CAS (Court of Arbi

Tayutic Mena

Sep 17th, 2023 1h

Tayutic Mena, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Tayutic is a seasoned veteran among the delegates dealing with the WTO. I have been working with him for many years, and we have worked together i

Dr. Willy Alfaro

Aug 1st, 2023 54m 36s

Season 5 Episode 10 – Willy Alfaro, Director, Vision & Strategy at the World Trade Organization (WTO).Willy has been in Geneva and the WTO since the GATT days and has had a vibrant experience across the WTO, serving in different capacities ac

Barbara Ramos

Jul 10th, 2023 1h 7m

Season 5 Episode 09 – Barbara Ramos, Director, Chief, Research and Strategies for Exports at International Trade Centre (ITC).I've had plenty of interesting guests in the over 60 episodes across five seasons, and yet, Barbara stands out amon

Nir Baranga

Jun 25th, 2023 1h 7m

Season 5 Episode 08 – Nir Baranga, Director, Trade in Services and Investment Department at the Foreign Trade Administration of the Ministry of Economy, Israel.Nir is one of my earliest colleagues at the Ministry. We started around the same t

Dr. Geraldo Vidigal

Jun 11th, 2023 1h 7m

Season 5 Episode 07 – Geraldo Vidigal, Coordinator, LL.M. International Trade and Investment Law, University of Amsterdam.Geraldo, although young, is a veteran of the International Trade world. Ask anyone interested in trade, and they will kn

Jorge Castro

May 7th, 2023 56m 55s

Season 5 Episode 06 – Jorge Castro, Chief of Section at the World Trade Organization’s Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC), in Geneva, Switzerland.Jorge is a very experienced professional on the regional and multilateral fr

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama

Mar 5th, 2023 57m 26s

Season 5 Episode 05 – Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) in Brussels.Hosuk is a leading author on trade diplomacy, EU-Far East relations, and the digital economy.I enjoyed catchin

Antony Taubman

Feb 19th, 2023 1h 14m

Season 5 Episode 04 – Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement & Competition Division at the World Trade Organization.Antony Taubman, a well-known figure in the International Intellectual Property scene, serving

Stuart Harbinson

Feb 5th, 2023 52m 17s

Season 5 Episode 03 – Stuart Harbinson, former Permanent Representative of Hong Kong and the HK Special Administrative Region of China at the WTO, and former Chief of Staff to the DG of the WTO.Stuart had a distinguished career in public serv

Sainabou Taal Knebel

Jan 22nd, 2023 41m 29s

Season 5 Episode 02 – Sainabou Taal Knebel, Head of Fisheries Subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Geneva, Switzerland.For the second episode of our fifth season, yes, you heard that right, our fifth season, and episode 56 if y

David Bisbee

Jan 8th, 2023 1h 1m

Season 5 Episode 01 – David Bisbee, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America (USA) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland.As we kick off the 5th season of the podcast, I could not think of a better

Juan Pablo Moya

Dec 6th, 2022 56m 16s

Season 4 Episode 17 – Juan Pablo Moya Hoyos, Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland.I have known Juan Pablo for some time since we ran in the same circles, and we have common friends, but we onl

Lenka Nahlovska

Nov 20th, 2022 52m 36s

Season 4 Episode 16 – Lenka Nahlovska, Secretary of the Czech Arbitration Court and Head of Domain Name Dispute Resolution.During my recent trip to Prague for the Panelist meeting, where I had the privilege of making a presentation, I wanted

Gavin Weeks

Oct 30th, 2022 55m 27s

Season 4 Episode 15 – Gavin Weeks, Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist.During my recent trip to Oxford University for a Chief of Staff Certification at its world-re

Anna Kazejak

Oct 10th, 2022 56m 44s

Season 4 Episode 14 – Anna Kazejak, award-winning Filmmaker.Anna is the talented filmmaker behind the funny and intelligent "Fucking Bornholm", which I had the pleasure of watching during the Zurich Film Festival in a packed theater. The film

Marijke Smit

Sep 18th, 2022 1h 19m

Season 4 Episode 13 – Marijke Smit, Senior Counsellor at the Mission of Israel to the WTO.For episode 50, I wanted to do something a little different, and I cannot think of a better guest to track how ten films have influenced the personal an

Robin Tallendier

Sep 15th, 2022 51m 59s

Season 4 Episode 12 – Robin Tallendier, Founder & Director at Atelier Wen.During Geneva Watch Days, I met a couple of individuals in the watch industry. I was lucky to talk to Robin Tallendier, Founder of Atelier Wen, a watch brand focusing o

Émeric Delalandre

Sep 2nd, 2022 53m 32s

Season 4 Episode 11 – Emeric Delalandre, Co-Founder at Hegid.Emeric is a talented and passionate entrepreneur currently working in watches at Hegid. Still, from our conversation, I could tell he could easily be working in any other industry a

Roy Davidoff

Aug 25th, 2022 47m 40s

Season 4 Episode 08 – Roy Davidoff, Modern & Vintage watch expert and half of the Roy and Sacha duo.The Rodolfo Rivas Project has always been about talking to interesting individuals and learning from their experiences. Since I am a lawyer wo

Leticia Caminero

Aug 14th, 2022 1h 8m

Season 4 Episode 09 – Leticia Caminero, Consultant Research and Special Projects at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).This season is the Caribbean season at The Rodolfo Rivas Project! Like a couple of my previous guests this

Amb. Santiago Wills

Jul 22nd, 2022 56m 19s

Season 4 Episode 08 – Amb. Santiago Wills, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO).I was thrilled to talk to Ambassador Wills and had been looking forward to this conversation for a long time. But unfortunate

Dr. Jan Yves Remy

Jul 14th, 2022 59m 5s

Season 4 Episode 07 – Dr. Jan Yves Remy, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre (SRC).Jan Yves is an International trade lawyer and Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre (SRC), a leading center in the Caribbean for International Trade Law,

Marco Tulio Molina Tejeda

Jun 26th, 2022 1h 1m

Season 4 Episode 06 – Marco Tulio Molina Tejada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Marco is one of the longest-serving Deputy Permanent Representatives to the WTO currently working In Geneva. I

Rodolfo C. Rivas

Jun 2nd, 2022 59m 48s

Season 4 Episode 05 – Rodolfo C. Rivas, Chief of Staff, Arbitrator, Law Professor, Film Director & Podcaster.Rodolfo Rivas is usually the host of The Rodolfo Rivas Project, but for this episode, the first guest of the podcast, Mr. Brian Frenk