Digital trade
Open digital trade and cross-border data flows create opportunities for more inclusive growth, particularly in emerging markets. But the rise of 'data sovereignty' is threating to fragment the global digital economy and limit the potential of new technologies. Explore our topical research, which includes a series of in-depth reports, essays, and infographic with a particular focus on data governance and trade facilitation.
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Super connector platforms can drive digital trade facilitation
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Our digital trade experts & contributors
Get access to proven experience and fresh thinking in cross-border trade, policy and business. Drawn from a wide range of disciplines and sectors, our experts offer valuable views and opinions on achieving sustainable global trade.
Stewart Paterson
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Political economy
Andrew Balgarnie
Chief Strategy Officer, TradeWindow
Neha Mishra
Assistant Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute
Christopher Clague
Writer and adviser on trade, globalization, and geopolitics
Milton L. Mueller
Professor and Program Director, School of Public Policy and School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Giulia Ajmone Marsan
Director, Strategy and Partnership, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Henry Gao
Professor of Law, Singapore Management University and Dongfang Scholar Chair Professor, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Areas of expertise
WTO
China economic policy
International law
Hinrich Foundation Advisory Board member
Kati Suominen
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation and Founder and CEO, Nextrade Group
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Trade and technology
Sustainable trade
Trade facilitation
Nina Xiang
Founder, China Money Network
Yoonee Jeong
Senior Digital Technology Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Pindar Wong
Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Anupam Chander
Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Areas of expertise
Communications and Technology Law
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Privacy
Technology
Emmanuel A. San Andres
Senior Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
Layla O’Kane
Research Manager, Burning Glass Technologies
Michael Mudd
Digital trade economist, and founder and Managing Partner, Asia Policy Partners LLC (APP)
Merle A Hinrich
Founder and Chairman, Hinrich Foundation
Amb. Kurt Tong
Partner, The Asia Group
Areas of expertise
East Asia diplomacy and economic affairs
Free trade agreements
US-China relations
Hinrich Foundation Advisory Board member
Jonathan Koh
Managing Director, Trade Facilitation Pte Ltd
Susan Ariel Aaronson
Research Professor and Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, George Washington University
Stephanie Honey
Director, Honey Consulting
George Lee
Group CEO, Kashtec
Robert Holleyman
President and CEO, Crowell & Moring International
Homi Kharas
Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Meagan Dooley
Senior research analyst, Center for Sustainable Development, The Brookings Institution
Stephen Olson
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
Arindrajit Basu
Research Lead, Centre for Internet & Society, India
Leigh Wedell
COO and Co-Founder, Basilinna; Senior Fellow, Paulson Institute
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
China market access and expansion
Sustainability
Juita Mohamad
Director, Economics and Business Unit, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia
Akhmad Bayhaqi
Senior Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
Alex Capri
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation and lecturer, NUS Business School
Areas of expertise
Technology and trade
Global value chains
Tariffs and non-tariff barriers
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Technology and trade
US-China trade
Sylwyn Calizo Jr.
Researcher, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Simon J. Evenett
Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St Gallen, and Founder, Global Trade Alert
Areas of expertise
International trade policy
National competition law
Economic development
Johannes Fritz
CEO, St Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade
Peter Lovelock
Principal, Fair Tech Institute, Access Partnership
Areas of expertise
Telecommunications
Technology development
Dini Sari Djalal
Associate Director - Editorial, Hinrich Foundation
Emily de la Bruyère
Senior fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Founder, Horizon Advisory
Areas of expertise
China
International organizations
Deborah Elms
Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre
Nick Agnew
Research Analyst, Asian Trade Centre
Pragya Bhatnagar
Research Associate, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Tariffs and trade barriers
US-India relations
Keith M. Rockwell
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
WTO
Trade policy
Free trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Tariffs
Macroeconomics
Andrea Durkin
Former Principal of Sparkplug, LLC and creator of Consensus Learning, LLC
Areas of expertise
US-China relations
WTO
Tariffs and trade barriers
Alice Calder
Freelance writer and economist
Areas of expertise
Immigration and international trade
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Economics and culture
Leslie Griffin
Principal, Allinea LLC
Jake Colvin
Executive Director, Global Innovation Forum, and Vice President, National Foreign Trade Council
Jamaica Gayle
Deputy Director, Global Innovation Forum
Christine McDaniel
Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
Lauren Kyger
Digital Content Manager, National Committee on US-China Relations
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
Foreign direct investment
Digital trade
Samm Sacks
Cybersecurity Policy and China Digital Economy Fellow at New America
Ed Gerwin
President, Trade Guru LLC
Areas of expertise
International trade policy
International trade law
International trade and federal relations
James Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
Anne Kim
Editor, Washington Monthly, and Author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
Christine Bliss
President of the Coalition of Services Industries