Affiliation: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Biography:

Craig VanGrasstek teaches courses on the political economy of trade policy in both the executive education and degree programs of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also on the faculty of Georgetown University, where he teaches an innovative course on literature and foreign policy. His firm, Washington Trade Reports, specializes in monitoring and analyzing current issues in trade policy. Dr. VanGrasstek has worked as a consultant for the World Trade Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Bank, and other international organizations, as well as government agencies and private firms. Dr. VanGrasstek received his doctorate in Politics from Princeton University in 1997. He also holds the degree of Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University (1983), and received a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Minnesota (1981). In addition to numerous reports to international organizations, book chapters, and journal articles, Dr. VanGrasstek's publications include (with Stephen Lande) The Trade and Tariff Act of 1984: Trade Policy in the Reagan Administration (Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1986).