Full Name
Mehmet Sait Akman
Title
Director, G20 Studies Centre
Which organization do you represent?
The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
Bio
Mehmet Sait Akman is Associate Professor, and Director of G20 Studies Centre at TEPAV (The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey), a leading policy think-tank. He teaches international trade at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara.
He has been visiting researcher at European University Institute, Florence; London School of Economics, London. He was formerly instructor of Regional Trade Policy Courses of the WTO, delivering training to trade bureaucrats for CEECAC (Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus) region.
He is the co-chair of T20 Italy-Trade, Investment and Growth Task Force, in 2021; and was co-chair of the same Task Force during T20 Saudi Arabia (in 2020). Akman is currently a member of the steering committee in TIRN (Trade and Investment Research Network), an independent worldwide network of scholars specialising in trade policy issues.
He has been visiting researcher at European University Institute, Florence; London School of Economics, London. He was formerly instructor of Regional Trade Policy Courses of the WTO, delivering training to trade bureaucrats for CEECAC (Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus) region.
He is the co-chair of T20 Italy-Trade, Investment and Growth Task Force, in 2021; and was co-chair of the same Task Force during T20 Saudi Arabia (in 2020). Akman is currently a member of the steering committee in TIRN (Trade and Investment Research Network), an independent worldwide network of scholars specialising in trade policy issues.
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