Alicia Frohmann is a trade policy and export promotion expert, with experience both as a policy maker in Chile and as a consultant to developing countries. She was Technical Coordinator of Chile’s free-trade negotiations with the US, and Director of ProChile, the international trade promotion network. As a consultant, she has advised several Latin American governments on issues related to trade policy, export promotion, sustainable development and competitiveness. At the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), she has coordinated projects which focus on public-private partnerships to develop product environmental standards of Latin American exports. She teaches at the University of Heidelberg in Santiago and at the University of Chile.