Kati Suominen
Kati Suominen is an adjunct fellow with the Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and focuses especially on digitization, disruptive technologies, and trade. She is also the founder and CEO of the Los Angeles-based Nextrade Group, which helps governments, multilateral development banks, and Fortune 500 technology companies enable trade through technology. Nextrade's clients include the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Mastercard, Visa, Google, and eBay, among many others. Dr. Suominen has built dozens of data and analytical products and pilot initiatives, as well as eight global initiatives and public-private partnerships to enable digital trade, the most recent being the Alliance for eTrade Development I and II between 14 leading companies and USAID to enable small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) e-commerce in developing nations. She also serves as adjunct professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Earlier in her career, she was a trade economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. Suominen is the author and editor of over 100 papers and 10 peer-reviewed books with leading academic presses, most recently Revolutionizing World Trade: How Disruptive Technologies Open Opportunities for All (Stanford University Press, 2019). She holds a BA from the University of Arkansas, an MA from Boston University, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and a PhD from the University of California San Diego. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The Implementation of the CPTPP’s E-Commerce Chapter in 2023 and toward CPTPP 2.0
Report by Kati Suominen — February 13, 2024
Prospects for Digital Trade in the Asia-Pacific in 2024
Event — January 11, 2024
Korea’s Move to Ex Ante Competition Regulation Discriminates against U.S. Business
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch and Kati Suominen — January 11, 2024
Are U.S. Digital Platforms Facing a Growing Wave of Ex Ante Competition Regulation?
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch and Kati Suominen — June 21, 2023
Implications of the EU Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act for U.S. Business
Event — February 9, 2023
Implications of the European Union’s Digital Regulations on U.S. and EU Economic and Strategic Interests
Report by Kati Suominen — November 22, 2022
Monitoring the Implementation of the CPTPP’s Ecommerce Chapter: Proposed Toolkit and Initial Assessment
Event — October 3, 2022
Monitoring the Implementation of the CPTPP's E-commerce Chapter: Proposed Tool Kit and Initial Assessment
Report by Kati Suominen — October 3, 2022
The CPTPP at Three
Event — October 28, 2021
The CPTPP’s Impacts on Digital Trade and the Path Forward
Report by Kati Suominen — October 27, 2021