Research
In my PhD thesis, I examine the different ways that countries in Latin America have integrated patent protection and sustainable development issues. Using a mixed-method approach, I analyse the political-economic dynamics that shape trade and sustainability policies.
As a consultant for the World Bank, I'm part of a team responsible for creating a database on trade-related climate policies. This database will help academics, industry, and policy-makers understand the current policy landscape.
I'm also interested in how countries adapt international regulation. For example, my colleagues and I show here the growing interest of Brazilian agricultural producers in integrating socioeconomic elements to geographical indications.
Publications
2023. First 100 Days of Brazilian COVID-19 Policy. In: The First100 Days of COVID-19: Law and Political Economy of the Global Policy Response (ed. Stojanović, A.; Scarcella, L.; Mosalagae, C. (with Tiago Couto Porto, Mariella Pittari, and João Victor R. Longi).
2021. Geographic Indications in Brazil and their socio-environmental dimensions: gaps and opportunities of the Brazilian GI regulation for agricultural products. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. DOI:10.1093/jiplp/jpab008 (with Marina Demaria Venancio & Lukas Ruthes Goncalves).
2020. Towards a more democratic and transparent European Union. DAFEUS Policy Paper Series. Policy paperno. 2. Available at: http://www.comos-cologne.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DAFEUS-Policy-Paper-Portes-Stumvoll.pdf (with Magda Stumvoll).
2018. The EU and the Pacific Alliance: Changing Economic Ties in an Eastwards-Looking Era. IFAIR Impact Group ‘LACalytics’ Policy Paper Series, vol. 2, IFAIR: Berlin, pp. 94-99.(with Nora Cyrus).
2017. Regime Effectiveness and Democracy Protection: the Responses of MERCOSUR to the Impeachment Processes in Paraguay and Brazil. Conjuntura Austral, 41(8), pp. 58-70. DOI: 10.22456/2178-8839.71541
Opinion pieces
2020. Chloroquine and the politics of health regulation in times of COVID-19. Yale Journal on Regulation (Notice & Comment Section). https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/chloroquine-and-the-politics-of-health-regulation-in-times-of-covid-19-by-alexandre-san-martim-portes/
2019. Environmental Provisions in Asian Trade Agreements: the case of the China-South Korea Trade Agreement. IFAIR Southand East Asia,
2019. Trade Agreements and Public Health: The Possible Implications of the USMCA for Mexico. IReflect—Student Journal of International Relations, 6(1), pp. 93-95.