Commentary: GM's Perspective on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations

Commentary on Doha Round by a representative of General Motors.

G. Mustafa Mohatarem was named chief economist of General Motors Corporation on March 1, 1995. He serves on the Coordination Committee of the corporation’s Public Policy Center and the Corporate Risk Management committee. Mohatarem is an expert on trade issues and heads the corporation’s Trade Team. He interacts regularly with officials from the United States and other countries on trade-related issues. He joined General Motors in 1982 as an economist on the Economics Staff in Detroit. In 1985, he became senior staff assistant on the Industry-Government Relations Staff and the following year he returned to the Economics Staff as senior staff economist. He was promoted to director of trade and competitive analysis in 1987, and general director of economic analysis in 1990. He received an undergraduate degree in economics and mathematics from Denison University and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1979 and 1982, respectively.