Free trade agreements
Free trade agreements can remove trade barriers and increase the flow of goods and services between countries. We assess various agreements – whether multilateral, plurilateral or bilateral – to understand how FTAs can impact the global economy and individual countries.
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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.
Harpreet Kaur
Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP Asia-Pacific
Clete Willems
Partner, Akin Gump
Areas of expertise
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
International trade policy
World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Resolution and Counseling
Stephen Olson
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
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
Pindar Wong
Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Amitendu Palit
Senior Research Fellow; and Research Lead (Trade and Economics)
Henry Storey
Senior Analyst - Asia, Dragoman
Stewart Paterson
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Political economy
Deborah Elms
Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre
Juita Mohamad
Director, Economics and Business Unit, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia
Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit
Assistant Professor and Head of the Centre for Multilateralism Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Denis Hew
Director, APEC Policy Support Unit.
Jeffrey Wilson
Director of Research & Economics, Australian Industry Group
Paul Sracic
Professor, Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University
Maria Adele Carrai
Assistant Professor of Global China Studies, NYU Shanghai
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
Scott Miller
Senior Adviser, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy, CSIS
Bruce Hirsh
Principal and Founder, Tailwind Global Strategies LLC
Richard M. Rossow
Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies, CSIS
Leslie Griffin
Principal, Allinea LLC
Colin Robertson
Vice President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Harry Clapsis
Government Affairs Manager, Semiconductor Industry Association
Max Moncaster
Manager, Industry Affairs, BASF
Kevin Doyle
International Trade Specialist, US Department of Commerce
Andrew Lepczyk
Research Analyst, National Association of Corporate Directors
Christine McDaniel
Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
Anne Kim
Editor, Washington Monthly, and Author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection