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Trade should deliver mutually acceptable benefits between trading partners and achieve balanced economic, environmental and social outcomes. Explore our topical research, including our bi-annual Sustainable Trade Index, which looks at the readiness of 20 Indo-Pacific economies for sustainable trade.
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Our sustainable 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.
Johan Norberg
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Emmanuel A. San Andres
Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
Andrea Durkin
Founder of Sparkplug, LLC, and Consensus Learning, LLC, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Areas of expertise
US-China relations
WTO
Tariffs and trade barriers
Rhea C. Hernando
Economic and Policy Researcher, APEC Policy Support Unit
Stephen Olson
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
Jeffrey Wilson
Research Director, Perth USAsia Centre
Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
Bert Hofman
Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Suman Bery
Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
Stewart Paterson
Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
Political economy
Fukunari Kimura
Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Simon J. Evenett
Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and MBA Director, University of St. Gallen
Areas of expertise
International trade policy
National competition law
Economic development
Alice Calder
Freelance writer and economist
Areas of expertise
Immigration and international trade
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Economics and culture
Ed Gerwin
President, Trade Guru LLC
Areas of expertise
International trade policy
International trade law
International trade and federal relations
Lauren Kyger
Digital Content Manager, National Committee on US-China Relations
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
Foreign direct investment
Digital trade
Homi Kharas
Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Meagan Dooley
Senior research analyst, Center for Sustainable Development, The Brookings Institution
David Dollar
Senior fellow, John L Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
Dini Sari Djalal
Associate Director – Editorial
Daniel Ikenson
Director of Policy Research, NDP | Analytics
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Technology and trade
US-China trade
Gary P. Sampson
Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Melbourne Business School
Julian Adorney
Contributor Writer, Hinrich Foundation
Robyn Boerstling
VP, Infrastructure, Innovation and Human Resources, National Association of Manufacturers
Jake Colvin
Executive Director, Global Innovation Forum, and Vice President, National Foreign Trade Council
Jamaica Gayle
Deputy Director, Global Innovation Forum
Ayelet Haran
Director, International Policy & Government Affairs, Japan, China and Canada at Bristol Myers Squibb
Sarah Hubbart
Contributor writer, Hinrich Foundation
Anne Kim
Editor, Washington Monthly, and Author of Abandoned: America’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
Sarah Smiley
Strategic advocacy
Christine McDaniel
Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
Eileen Norcross
Vice President, Policy Research, and senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
Scott Miller
Senior Adviser, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy, CSIS
James Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
Caroline Freund
Global Director of Trade, Investment and Competitiveness, The World Bank Group
Kevin Doyle
International Trade Specialist, US Department of Commerce
Donald J. Boudreaux
Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Joseph S. Diedrich
Associate, Husch Blackwell
Richard J. Crespin
CEO, CollaborateUp
Steve Lamar
President and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association
Linda Schmid
International Development Adviser, Trade in Services International
Stephen Rose
Research Professor, George Washington Institute of Public Policy