Anthony Amunátegui Abad
About Anthony Amunátegui Abad
Anthony Amunátegui Abad specializes in international trade law and provides technical advice to corporations, international organizations, government, and academic institutions, on matters of international trade policy and regulation. He served the government as Tariff Commissioner and was responsible for the determination of the over-all tariff structure for the Philippines and the formulation of international trade policy, presided over anti-dumping and other trade remedy investigations, and monitored regional and multilateral trade relations. He also served as President of the Philippine International Trading Corporation, Administrator of the National Food Authority (in charge of food security), and Chairman and President of the Food Terminal, Inc. He also served as a consultant at the National Security Council, where his work included the trade policy reforms in preparation of the Philippines’ accession to the WTO. He is a professor of International Economic Law and Competition Law at the Ateneo Law School. He was a lecturer on Globalization and Governance at the Ateneo School of Government and a faculty member of the Management Department of the Ateneo de Manila University, where he lectured on International Trade and Competition and Policies and Institutions of the European Union. He is a resource speaker on international trade and competition policy, and has authored studies and articles for various organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, AusAID, CIDA, The Asia Foundation, the Asian Institute of Management, Philexport and PDP Australia. He also served as Senior Policy Adviser to the Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the Department of Agriculture Technical Advisory Group. Specialties: International Trade Law and Policy, International Investment, Government Relations, Regulation, Competition Law and Policy, International Commercial Law, Cross-Border Transactions, Political Economy, Business Intelligence, Strategy