The Rise of China in Latin America — A ProvCast Conversation with Eric Farnsworth

Eric Farnsworth is a partner at Continental Strategy, leading the firm’s international policy and trade practice. Before joining Continental Strategy, Eric led the Washington, D.C., office of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas for more than twenty years, where he guided engagement between U.S. and regional leaders on issues of trade, investment, and democratic development. In that role, he advanced initiatives to strengthen economic integration and institutional cooperation across the Western Hemisphere.

Eric previously served in the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as well as in both chambers of Congress. He is a senior associate (non-resident) with the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an international advisory board member of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, and an advisory board member of Latin Trade magazine and the Venezuela American Association of the United States. He is a frequent speaker and commentator featured in outlets such as Barron’s, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post.

Drew Griffin was managing editor for Providence. He holds a BA in political science from the University of Arkansas and a MDiv in biblical and theological studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a veteran of over a dozen political campaigns and is a featured writer and speaker on the intersection of faith and culture. For three years he served as director of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary extension center in NYC and was a professor of Theology at the New York School of the Bible.