The Rodolfo Rivas Project

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 unfortunately, he has been very busy with the Fisheries Subsidies negotiation at the WTO pretty much since he arrived in Geneva as Ambassador. Still, after the successful outcome during last month’s 12th Ministerial Conference, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to hear directly from him how he experienced the negotiations in the hours leading to the historical outcome. During our conversation, he shared insight into how the negotiations developed during crunch time. But before that, we talked about his career and interest in music, which almost took him down a different path. Nevertheless, music remains important to him, and we discuss how it was likely helpful in his negotiation approach. He also talks about his first encounter with International Trade Law and Policy, which was in the form of the John H. Jackson Moot Court competition, which had a different name at the time. But, it didn’t matter, and his team won. From then on, he was hooked. We talked about many other things, even briefly about rockstars and Mick Jagger. Our conversation was insightful but fun. Ambassador Wills is a class act, and I want to thank him for his generosity. Plenty of other topics were covered off the mic, but perhaps it is an excuse to do a second part! In the meantime, I am convinced you will enjoy this one. So do yourself a favor and listen to this conversation! The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Please help spread the word by recommending us to your friends or enemies! A small act like liking, subscribing, and/or reviewing is greatly appreciated. Thank you! The views, thoughts, and opinions shared in the conversation belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Ambassador Santiago Wills https://co.linkedin.com/in/santiago-wills-44604348 https://twitter.com/willssantiago?lang=en https://genderchampions.com/champions/santiago-wills https://www.instagram.com/wills.santiago/?hl=en Host: Rodolfo C. Rivas www.linkedin.com/in/rivasrodolfo/ rodolforivas.com/ rodolforivasproject.com/ www.imdb.com/name/nm10789558/ works.bepress.com/rivas_rodolfo/ rivasrod.medium.com/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsBy…fm?per_id=1665778 Twitter: @rivasrod About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond. Currently in season 4, and going strong! Ranked in the top 10% of podcasts in the world. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Chang-fa Lo (former Constitutional Court Justice), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Dr. Peter Van den Bossche (fmr. Chairman of the Appellate Body WTO), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico's MFA), Amb. Angel Villalobos (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School & CAS Arbitrator), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), Howard Stupp (two-time Pan American gold medalist & fmr. Director of Legal Affairs at IOC), David Zonana (filmmaker), Luke Lorentzen (filmmaker) and Andreas Koefoed (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Facebook podcasts, Deezer, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/403QS0daxl70yRzgVDTkwt Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-…ct/id1449383945 Deezer: www.deezer.com/en/show/2137032?u…7032&deferredFl=1 Amazon: www.amazon.com/The-Rodolfo-Rivas…ect/dp/B08JJSRY8X