Sustainable trade
Trade should deliver mutually acceptable benefits between trading partners and achieve balanced economic, environmental and social outcomes.
Explore our topical research, including the Sustainable Trade Index, which measures the capacity of economies to participate in international trade in a manner that supports the long-term domestic and global goals of economic growth, environmental protection, and better social equity.
The STI 2023 is the fifth edition of the index.
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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.
Matt Murray
Ambassador, US Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Steve Dyokas
Director of the US APEC Host Secretariat, US State Department
Geeta Rao Gupta
Ambassador-at-Large for the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State
Stephen Jacobi
Executive Director, New Zealand International Business Forum
Keith M. Rockwell
Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
WTO
Trade policy
Free trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Tariffs
Macroeconomics
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
Mekhla Jha
Research Manager, International Trade Research, Hinrich Foundation
Stephen Olson
Former Senior Research Fellow, Hinrich Foundation
Areas of expertise
Sustainable trade
WTO
Trade negotiations
Free trade agreements
Tariffs & non-tariff barriers
Elizabeth Wishnick
Senior Research Scientist, China Studies Division, Center for Naval Analyses
Hongzhou Zhang
Research Fellow, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University
Henry Storey
Senior Analyst - Asia, Dragoman
Mikkal Herberg
Senior Lecturer, University of California San Diego
David Wogan
Assistant Vice President, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)
Kristin Vekasi
Assistant Professor, Political Science and School of Policy & International Affairs, University of Maine
Areas of expertise
International political economy
Northeast Asia
Jennifer Brant
Executive Director, Innovation Council and CEO and Founder, Innovation Insights
Christos Cabolis
Chief Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center
Patrick Low
Senior Fellow, Asia Global Institute
Chuin Wei Yap
Program Director, International Trade Research, Hinrich Foundation
Michael O'Sullivan
Author
Harpreet Kaur
Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP Asia-Pacific
Charlie Barnes
Editorial staff, East Asia Forum
Christopher Clague
Writer and adviser on trade, globalization, and geopolitics
C. Peter Timmer
Thomas D. Cabot Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Harvard University
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Emmanuel A. San Andres
Senior Analyst, APEC Policy Support Unit
Andrea Durkin
Former Principal of Sparkplug, LLC and creator of Consensus Learning, LLC
Areas of expertise
US-China relations
WTO
Tariffs and trade barriers
Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East 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, University of St Gallen, and Founder, Global Trade Alert
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
Willy Shih
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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
Rhea C. Hernando
Economic and Policy Researcher, APEC Policy Support Unit
Homi Kharas
Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Meagan Dooley
Senior research analyst, Center for Sustainable Development, The Brookings Institution
Iris Mantovani
Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Alexandre de Crombrugghe
Head of Investment Promotion and Facilitation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
David Dollar
Senior fellow, John L Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
Lauren Kyger
Digital Content Manager, National Committee on US-China Relations
Areas of expertise
US-China trade
Foreign direct investment
Digital trade
Giang NT Nguyen
PhD Candidate in Management, University of Newcastle
Thinh Gia Hoang
Senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics and Strategic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
Jeffrey Wilson
Director of Research & Economics, Australian Industry Group
Daniel Ikenson
Director of Policy Research, NDP | Analytics
Max Song
Chief Executive Officer, Carbonbase
Dini Sari Djalal
Associate Director - Editorial, Hinrich Foundation
Luke Patey
Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies
Joshua P. Meltzer
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Areas of expertise
Digital trade
Technology and trade
US-China trade
Sylwyn Calizo Jr.
Researcher, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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
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
Donald J. Boudreaux
Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Linda Schmid
International Development Adviser, Trade in Services International
Stephen Rose
Research Professor, George Washington Institute of Public Policy
Richard J. Crespin
CEO, CollaborateUp