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.

 

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Export Duration and New Market Entry

Tuesday, 9/28/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Anna Rakhman The George Washington University Co-hosted with the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Semin

Is Fairer Trade Compatible with Freer Markets?

Friday, 3/5/2010, 8:30am - 4:45pm

Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5, 2010 Lindner Commons, Suite 602 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St., NW Washington, D.C. 20052 March 4, 20

The Unlevel Playing Field of Financial Regulation

Thursday, 2/25/2010, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Anna Gelpern (Washington College of Law, American University) Len Seabrooke (Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick) E

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology

Thursday, 11/12/2009, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Sergio Margulis Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change, World Bank Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Suite 505 1957 E St. NW Washington

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Susan Aaronson

Research Professor

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Maggie Chen

Professor of Economics and International Affairs

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Reid Click

Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs

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Jeffery Ding

Assistant Professor of Political Science

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Remi Jedwab

Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy

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Sumit Joshi

Professor of Economics

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Stephen B Kaplan

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

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Nina Kelsey

Associate Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs

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Joseph Pelzman

Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Professorial Lecturer of Law

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Lucia Rafanelli

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

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Jennifer Spencer

Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs and Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER)

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Steve Suranovic

Former Director, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Director International Trade and Investment Policy Program (July 2012 - 2014)

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Ariel Weinberger

Assistant Professor of International Business

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Robert J Weiner

Professor of International Business, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs

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Yingyan Zhao

Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs

 

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