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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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.
Patrick Low
Senior Fellow, Asia Global Institute
Stephen Olson
Former Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
David Horlock
CEO, MD, Regional Manager, Country Management, Senior Exec, Advisor and NED
Stephanie Honey
Director, Honey Consulting
Kati Suominen
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation and Founder and CEO, Nextrade Group
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Trade and technology
Sustainable trade
Trade facilitation
Deborah Elms
Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
WTO
Trade policy
Tariffs
Free trade agreements
Intellectual property rights
Digital trade
Trade and climate
Trade facilitation
Geoeconomics
Supply chains
Goods, services, customs, investments, MSMEs
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Technology and trade
US-China trade
Tom James
CEO, CIO, and Co-Founder of TradeFlow Capital Management
Joseph Whitlock
Executive Director, Global Data Alliance
Sam Lowe
Partner, Flint Global | Author, 'Most Favoured Nation'
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, Lee Kong Chian Fellow, Singapore Management University
Areas of expertise
WTO
China economic policy
International law
Hinrich Foundation Advisory Board member
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
Chairman, Hinrich Foundation
Kurt Tong
Managing Partner, The Asia Group
Areas of expertise
East Asia diplomacy and economic affairs
Free trade agreements
US-China relations
Hinrich Foundation Advisory Board member
Arindrajit Basu
Research Lead, Centre for Internet & Society, India
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
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
Keith M. Rockwell
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
WTO
Trade policy
Free trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Tariffs
Macroeconomics
Inu Manak
Fellow for Trade Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Nigel Cory
Associate Director, Trade Policy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Leigh Wedell
COO and Co-Founder, Basilinna; Senior Fellow, Paulson Institute
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
China market access and expansion
Sustainability
Jared Ragland
Senior Director, Policy APAC, Business Software Alliance
Juita Mohamad
Director, Economics and Business Unit, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia
Siddharth Poddar
Co-founder and Managing Editor, StoneBench
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
Yasmin Ismail
Programme Officer, CUTS International, Geneva
Galal Hammoud
Technical Project Coordinator, Education Development Centre, Cairo
Craig Atkinson
Founder/Director, Lexmerca International Trade
Sylwyn Calizo Jr.
Researcher, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Akhmad Bayhaqi
Senior Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
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
Nick Agnew
Research Analyst, FTI Delta
Stewart Paterson
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Political economy
Pragya Bhatnagar
Former Research Associate, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Tariffs and trade barriers
US-India relations
Peter Ungphakorn
Former Senior Information Officer, WTO
Andrea Durkin
Former Principal of Sparkplug, LLC and creator of Consensus Learning, LLC
Areas of expertise
US-China relations
WTO
Tariffs and trade barriers
Leslie Griffin
Principal, Allinea LLC
Alice Calder
Freelance writer and economist
Areas of expertise
Immigration and international trade
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Economics and culture
Jake Colvin
Executive Director, Global Innovation Forum, and Vice President, National Foreign Trade Council
Jamaica Gayle
Deputy Director, Global Innovation Forum
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
James Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
Christine Bliss
President of the Coalition of Services Industries
Richard J. Crespin
CEO, CollaborateUp
Anne Kim
Editor, Washington Monthly, and Author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection