Jennifer Hillman
Jennifer Hillman joined GMF as a Transatlantic Fellow in February 2008. She was approved in December 2007 by the members of the World Trade Organization(WTO) to serve as one of the seven members of the WTO's Appellate Body, the final adjudicator of international trade disputes. She also served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and an adjunct professor at the Law Center. In March 2007, she completed nine years of service as a Commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission. She was originally appointed to the Commission in 1998 by President Clinton, and from June 2002 to June 2004 she served as Vice Chairman of the Commission. Prior to her appointment to the USITC, she served as General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) from 1995-97, and before that she served as USTR's Chief Textile Negotiator with the rank of Ambassador. Prior to joining USTR, Ms. Hillman was the Legislative Director and Counsel to U.S. Senator Terry Sanford of North Carolina, responsible for international trade, banking, securities and finance issues. She began her professional career as an international trade attorney in the Washington firm of Patton, Boggs, LLP.
In addition to her professional work, Ms. Hillman serves on the selection panel for Truman Scholars, and on the board of the DC Stoddert Soccer League, Duke University's Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors, and the Trade Policy Forum.
Education:
She is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and received a M.Ed. and a BA, magna cum laude, from Duke University.
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A New Era for Transatlantic Trade LeadershipFebruary 13, 2013President Obama announced plans for a free trade agreement between the US and Europe during his annual State of the Union address. GMF publication, A New Era for Transatlantic Trade Leadership, calls for the creation of a barrier-free transatlantic market as part of ambitious recommendations for a new U.S.-EU trade agenda. Publications
Global Swing States and the Trade OrderNovember 27, 2012This policy paper looks at the influence of Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Turkey on international trade.
Russia’s Joining the WTO — Different Approaches to Human Rights Concerns Across the AtlanticJuly 19, 2012With Russia's upcoming WTO admission, Europe and the U.S. will pressure the country to improve its human rights record. This paper examines the different approaches they will take.
Trading Places: The New Dynamics of EU Trade Policy Under the Treaty of LisbonOctober 01, 2010After nearly a decade of fits and starts, the Treaty of Lisbon, providing for a reformed institutional framework for the European Union (EU), entered into force on December 1, 2009. With it came a number of critical but little noticed changes in the area of European trade policy. This policy brief broadly outlines these changes and argues that a good understanding of the new EU trade policy regime will be essential for Europe’s trading partners and their trade experts and policy makers, as EU institutional reform will result in substantial shifts in the process and substance of EU bilateral and multilateral trade and investment regimes.
Saving MultilateralismMarch 22, 2010GMF author Jennifer Hillman contends that rebuilding the house of global governance from the ground up will be nearly impossible. Instead, she argues: renovate the building. Transform the G20 into a Board of Governors for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization. Ms. Hillman calls on Europe to end its overrepresentation in order to ensure that these bodies continue to be useful to all nations rather than atrophy.
