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Grant D. Aldonas

Senior Advisor

Associated Research Focus:

Trade & Economics

Associated Programs:

CSIS Commission on Smart Power
Scholl Chair in International Business

Expertise:

Impact of globalization on U.S. economic and strategic interests; international trade and economic development; corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
Grant Aldonas serves as a Senior Advisor at CSIS. Aldonas came to CSIS from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where his practice focused on international trade, investment, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. While at Akin Gump, he served as chairman of the U.S. arm of Transparency International. From 2001 to 2005, he served in the Bush administration as the Commerce Department’s under secretary for international trade, where he was one of the president’s principal advisers on international economic policy. In his role as under secretary, he was a member of the board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and an executive director of the President’s Export Council. Prior to his service in the administration, Aldonas was chief international trade counsel to the Senate Finance Committee.

 

Before entering public service, he was a partner with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Miller & Chevalier. He also served as counsel to the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform and as an adviser to the Commission on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment. Aldonas began his career as a Foreign Service officer, serving tours in Mexico, the Department of State, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

 

He continues his role as principal managing director of Split Rock International, a Washington, D.C.–based consulting and investment advisory firm, and as a member of the board of the Center for International Private Enterprise and the Global Fairness Initiative. Aldonas received his B.A. in international relations in 1975 and his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Minnesota.

CSIS Publications by Grant D. Aldonas


New Leadership on Trade 11/20/2007
Brazil and Trade Developments 07/01/2007

Grant D. Aldonas In the News


Grant Aldonas, a CSIS senior adviser, was cited by the Wall Street Journal, "Floating 'Wage Insurance' at Globalization Town Halls." 05/12/2008
Grant Aldonas, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was quoted in the Washington Post, "A Shift in Bush's Trade Politics." 10/10/2007
Grant Aldonas, the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "Globalization Study Moves Past Rhetoric." 07/26/2007
A paper cowritten by Grant Aldonas, the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was quoted by the New York Times, "I.B.M. Plan Ties Training and Accounts." 07/25/2007
Grant Aldonas, the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was quoted by Bloomberg, "Bush's Opposition to 'Soviet' Farm Bill May Get Plowed Under." 07/23/2007
Grant Aldonas, CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, published an op-ed in the Financial Times, "Fresh free trade agenda for Doha." 07/12/2007
Grant Aldonas, Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, appeared on CNBC's On the Money, "FDA Detains Imports." 06/28/2007
A paper cowritten by Grant Aldonas, the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was cited in The Wall Street Journal, "Seeking to Soften Blows of Globablization." 06/26/2007
CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business Grant Aldonas was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "Bush Talks of Freedom as He Ends Trip." 06/12/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "Europeans Run Hot and Cold on Bush." 06/11/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Economics was quoted in The Washington Post, "Russia Has 'Derailed' Its Reforms, Bush States." 06/06/2007
Grant Aldonas, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Economics, was quoted by The Washington Times, "China to Revise Rules for Recalls." 05/31/2007
Grant Aldonas, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Economics, was quoted by Reuters, "Bush Facing Pressure on Global Warming at G8 Summit." 05/30/2007
Grant Aldonas, the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Economics, was quoted by Reuters, "Bush to Seek Able Manager, Reformer for World Bank." 05/23/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was interviewed by CNBC, "U.S. - China Trade Talks." 05/22/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was quoted by the Associated Press, "White House Deal with Democrats on Trade Boosts WTO Prospects." 05/14/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was interviewed on CNBC, "Importing our Growth". 04/27/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was quoted by McClatchy Newspapers, "Bush Begins Latin American Trip." 03/08/2007
Grant Aldonas, who holds the Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS, was interviewed about Chinese subsidies on CNBC's Power Lunch. 02/06/2007
Grant Aldonas, CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business, was interviewed on CNBC's Power Lunch regarding the Treasury Secretary's trip to China. 12/12/2006
Grant Aldonas, holder of the CSIS Sholl Chair in International Business, was quoted by Bloomberg, "Detroit Automakers to Meet With Bush, Press Industry Aid Plan." 11/14/2006
Grant Aldonas, holder of CSIS's Scholl Chair in International Business, was quoted by Reuters, "Bush's Trade Authority Renewal: Dead on Arrival?" 10/18/2006

Testimony by Grant D. Aldonas


U.S. Interests in the Reform of China’s Financial Services Sector 06/06/2007
Trade and Globalization 01/30/2007
 

 

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