He holds a PhD in Administrative Sciences from the Higher School of Commerce and Administration of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) and a postgraduate degree in Economics and International Politics from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). Professor-researcher at the Institute of Economic and Business Research of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH). Researcher level I of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). His lines of research focus on the following topics: regional and sectoral productivity and competitiveness, as well as income distribution and social welfare. Among his latest publications are: "The main port container terminals in the international scope: an analysis of economic efficiency", in Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas; and "Productivity and efficiency in the ports of the APEC region" (2019).
Three decades after the birth of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, profound changes have been observed in the international economic system. Today, this intergovernmental forum faces major challenges in implementing its ambitious agenda in the areas of economic liberalization, trade facilitation and cooperation among member countries. Readers of this book will find in it a detailed diagnosis of its evolution and achievements, but also of the problems it faces in the present "crisis of multilateralism", triggered by the neo-protectionist policies of the United States. In order to achieve this objective, leading national researchers from public and private higher education institutions, most of which are members of the Mexican Consortium of APEC Study Centers, were invited to participate under the leadership of the APEC Study Center located within the University Program for Asian and African Studies (PUEAA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).