Digital trade
Open digital trade and cross-border data flows create opportunities for more inclusive growth, particularly in emerging markets. Explore our topical research, including our Digital Trade Research Project that offers a robust look at the value and risks of digital trade for eight economies in the Asia-Pacific. Understand those digital opportunities and the regulatory challenges related to data privacy, security and cross border trade.
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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
Stephen Olson
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
Leigh Wedell
COO and Co-Founder, Basilinna; Senior Fellow, Paulson Institute
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
China market access and expansion
Sustainability
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Technology and trade
US-China trade
Deborah Elms
Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre
Pragya Bhatnagar
Research Associate, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Tariffs and trade barriers
US-India relations
Andrea Durkin
Editor-in-Chief, TradeVistas
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 of Boston-based 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 U.S.-China Relations
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
Foreign direct investment
Digital trade
Samm Sacks
Senior fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Scott Miller
Senior adviser, CSIS
Ed Gerwin
President, Trade Guru LLC
Kevin Doyle
International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce
James Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program
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