Speaker
Jeffrey SCHOTT
Affliation
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Title
Senior Fellow
Session
Countering Rising Protectionism amid South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Manifesto

Biography

Jeffrey J. Schott is a senior fellow at PIIE working on international trade policy and economic sanctions. During his tenure at the Institute, Schott also taught at Princeton University (1994) and Georgetown University (1986–88). He was formerly a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1982–83) and an official of the US Treasury Department (1974–82) in international trade and energy policy. He formerly was a member of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy of the US Department of State and co-chaired the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the US Trade Representative’s office. Schott is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on trade, including The Trans-Pacific Partnership: An Assessment (2016), From Drift to Deals: Advancing the WTO Agenda (2015), Local Content Requirements: A Global Problem (2013), Economic Sanctions Reconsidered (2007), and Free Trade between Korea and the United States? (2001). Schott holds a BA degree magna cum laude from Washington University, St. Louis (1971) and an MA degree with distinction in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University (1973).