International Trade
International trade examines how goods, services, capital, data, and ideas move across borders, and how governments, firms, workers, and institutions respond. This research area focuses on the rules, politics, technologies, and policies that shape global commerce and economic integration.
Questions We Explore
How do trade policies affect firms, workers, consumers, and global markets? How are technology, data, AI, and climate change reshaping international trade? What role do law, politics, and institutions play in governing trade relationships? How do countries balance openness, competitiveness, national security, and economic resilience?
Topics in This Area
- Trade Policy
- Globalization
- Digital Trade & Data Governance
- AI & Technology
- Labor Markets
- Climate & Trade
- Trade Law
- Political Economy
- Governance
- Competitiveness
Related IIEP Work
This research area connects with IIEP programming on trade policy, digital trade, U.S.–China economic relations, U.S.–India economic relations, and global economic governance. Related programs include the Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS), the Trade and Development Seminar Series with the GW Department of Economics, annual China and India conferences, book launches, and events with partners such as the Washington International Trade Association WITA), the Association of Women in International Trade (WIT), and current and former World Trade Organization officials.
The Growing Importance of Decision-Making on the Job
Wednesday, 9/15/2021, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Joint Macro-International / Trade & Development Workshop David Deming (Harvard University and NBER) presented his paper, “The Growing Importance of Decision-Mak
Food Systems at a Crossroads: How to fix them and help people, economies, and the planet
Thursday, 6/24/2021, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
The empty grocery shelves and miles-long food bank queues we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the fragility of the highly centralized, “j
The Spatial Economic Effects of Conflict
Wednesday, 6/9/2021, 9:00am - 12:39pm
This workshop showcased the most recent advances in the field of economics on conflict with a particular focus on the local and spillover effects of conflict...
Wednesday, 3/31/2021, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Undergraduate Economics Society is proud to announce a discussion with Jennifer Hillman, Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. In this conversa
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy
Professor of Economics
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Associate Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs
Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Professorial Lecturer of Law
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs and Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER)
Former Director, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Director International Trade and Investment Policy Program (July 2012 - 2014)
Assistant Professor of International Business
Professor of International Business, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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