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
Emmanuel A. San Andres
Senior Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
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
Chuin Wei Yap
Program Director, International Trade Research, Hinrich Foundation
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
Former Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
Stephanie Honey
Director, Honey Consulting
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
Pindar Wong
Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu
Head, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia
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
Arpita Mukherjee
Professor, ICRIER
Mekhla Jha
Research Manager, International Trade Research, Hinrich Foundation
Raymond Robertson
Director, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University
Kaleb Abreha
Assistant Research Scientist, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University
Wendy Cutler
Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute
Areas of expertise
Free trade agreements
Asia Pacific trade
Regional integration
Stephen Jacobi
Executive Director, New Zealand International Business Forum
Denis Hew
Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, PhD and MA in Accounting and Finance (University of Manchester)
Nigel Cory
Associate Director, Trade Policy, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Amitendu Palit
Senior Research Fellow; and Research Lead (Trade and Economics)
Henry Storey
Senior Analyst - Asia, Dragoman
Stewart Paterson
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Political economy
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
Jeffrey Wilson
Director of Research & Economics, Australian Industry Group
Paul Sracic
Professor, Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University
Kati Suominen
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation and Founder and CEO, Nextrade Group
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Trade and technology
Sustainable trade
Trade facilitation
Saori N. Katada
Non-Resident Fellow, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Michael Plummer
Eni Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University
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
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
Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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