Scholl Chair in International Business
The Scholl Chair examines critical issues in international trade, governance, competitiveness, and development to find solutions for the challenges of a changing world economy
The Scholl Chair examines critical issues in the global political economy including international trade, governance, competitiveness, development and meeting the challenges of a changing world economy.
Established in 1981, the Scholl Chair examines the relationship of international trade and investment to economic growth, innovation, and development. In a time of accelerating global integration and financial instability, America’s role on the world stage is influenced by its ability to effectively integrate trade and international economic objectives into its broader foreign policy.
Contact
- Japhet Quitzon
- Program Manager and Research Associate, Scholl Chair in International Business
- 202.775.3158
- JQuitzon@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
Recent Reports

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Optimizing Export Controls for Critical and Emerging Technologies
When it comes to export controls on critical and emerging technologies, the United States must focus on regulating items essential to national security while permitting the growth of industries that do not aid foreign military capabilities.
Report by William Alan Reinsch , Emily Benson , Thibault Denamiel , and Margot Putnam — May 31, 2023

Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
Report by Emily Benson , Japhet Quitzon , and William Alan Reinsch — May 30, 2023

Green Industrial Strategies: Takeaways for Transatlantic Trade
Brief by William Alan Reinsch , Emily Benson , and Thibault Denamiel — March 15, 2023

Clues to the U.S.-Dutch-Japanese Semiconductor Export Controls Deal Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Report by Gregory C. Allen and Emily Benson — March 1, 2023

Analyzing the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Brief by Emily Benson , Joseph Majkut , William Alan Reinsch , and Federico Steinberg — February 17, 2023
Recent Analysis

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Holding the Center
This week, the Scholl Chair examines how the bipartisan accomplishments of the Biden administration in the past three years could open the door to new, revitalized trade policy that could reinforce the political center.
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — June 5, 2023

Assessing IPEF’s New Supply Chains Agreement
Critical Questions by Aidan Arasasingham , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman , and William Alan Reinsch — May 31, 2023

Affirming Globalization While Trying to Kill It
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — May 30, 2023

Disability Provisions in Trade Agreements
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch and Margot Putnam — May 26, 2023
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A State of Confusion
Podcast Episode by Emily Benson , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — December 2, 2022

The Europeans Are Coming
Commentary by Meredith Broadbent — December 1, 2022
Improved Export Controls Enforcement Technology Needed for U.S. National Security
Report by Gregory C. Allen , Emily Benson , and William Alan Reinsch — November 30, 2022
Export Controls: The Dust Begins to Settle
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — November 28, 2022
Implications of the European Union’s Digital Regulations on U.S. and EU Economic and Strategic Interests
Report by Kati Suominen — November 22, 2022
Tick Tock for TikTok
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — November 21, 2022
Midterms, Social Media Stress and Biden-Xi
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — November 18, 2022

The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council: Assessments and Recommendations
Report by Emily Benson , William Alan Reinsch , and Andrea Leonard Palazzi — November 16, 2022
Postelection Trade Blues Part II
Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — November 14, 2022