Arnel Marcos Sanchez

Career Minister at Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs
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(386) 825-5501
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Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines, PH

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Credentials

  • Member of the Philippine Bar
    Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines

Experience

  • Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Career Minister
      • Apr 2021 - Present

      I assist and advise the Undersecretary on policy and legal issues of international economic relations, specifically on WTO negotiations and dispute settlement, preferential trade agreements, regional economic integration, and international investment law. I manage Philippine substantive positions in APEC, with a primary focus on regional economic integration, services, investment, structural reform, ease of doing business, competition policy, and intellectual property. I also represent the Department of Foreign Affairs in trade negotiations, including ASEAN free trade agreements, and articulated the Department’s position in trade and economic policy inter-agency coordinating bodies.

  • Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization
    • Career Minister
      • Jun 2018 - Apr 2021

      I assisted the Ambassador & Head of Mission in the main WTO decision-making bodies: the General Council, Dispute Settlement Body, and the Trade Policy Review Body, as well as the Trade Negotiations Committee. I represented the Philippine Mission in meetings and negotiations of various WTO committees and bodies, with a focus on trade in services, intellectual property, fisheries subsidies and other crosscutting issues. I oversee the Philippines' participation in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, including national compliance with WTO agreements and overall participation in the multilateral trading system.

    • Chargé d’Affaires a.i
      • Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

      I represented the Philippines in the main WTO decision-making bodies, the General Council, Dispute Settlement Body, and the Trade Policy Review Body, as well as the Trade Negotiations Committee.

  • Embassy of the Philippines in Tokyo, Japan
    • Head, Economic Section
      • Jun 2014 - Mar 2017

      I was in charge of managing bilateral and regional economic relations with Japan on the ground and the economic diplomacy program of the Embassy, with a focus on coordinating development cooperation and promoting trade and investment relations. I was in charge of managing bilateral and regional economic relations with Japan on the ground and the economic diplomacy program of the Embassy, with a focus on coordinating development cooperation and promoting trade and investment relations.

    • Foreign Service Officer
      • Sep 2003 - Jun 2014

      I advised and assisted the Undersecretary on international economic and trade law issues, APEC, WTO, free trade agreements. A major part of my work involves managing and coordinating Philippine substantive positions in APEC, with a primary focus on regional economic integration, services, investment, structural reform, ease of doing business, competition policy, and intellectual property. I also represented the Department of Foreign Affairs in international trade negotiations and articulate the Department’s position in trade and economic policy inter-agency coordinating bodies.

  • House of Representatives (Philippines)
    • Philippines
    • Legislative Offices
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Political Affairs Assistant
      • Nov 2001 - Jan 2003

      I drafted and reviewed proposed legislation on national issues concerning international trade and commerce, economic policy, and banks and financial institutions, and participated in Legislative-Executive technical working group sessions. I drafted and reviewed proposed legislation on national issues concerning international trade and commerce, economic policy, and banks and financial institutions, and participated in Legislative-Executive technical working group sessions.

  • Tullett Prebon
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Broker
      • May 2000 - Nov 2001

      I brokered foreign exchange spot transactions between banks and financial institutions engaged in the currency spot markets. I executed buy-and-sell orders of client bank treasury officers and dealers and monitored market movements, and cultivated broker-bank client relations. I brokered foreign exchange spot transactions between banks and financial institutions engaged in the currency spot markets. I executed buy-and-sell orders of client bank treasury officers and dealers and monitored market movements, and cultivated broker-bank client relations.

Education

  • University of the Philippines
    Doctor of Law - JD, Law
    2004 - 2010
  • Ateneo de Manila University
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics
    2002 - 2003
  • Ateneo de Manila University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Legal Management
    1994 - 1998

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