Expertise
Trade; International finance; the IMF and World Bank
Background
Past Positions
Staff Writer, the Washington Post, 1987-2006; Staff Reporter, the Wall Street Journal, 1979-1987; Writer, Forbes Magazine, 1975-1979; Visiting Fellow, the Institute for International Economics, 1999-2000; Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution, 2003-2004
Education
B.A. (1973), the University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A. (1975), Oxford University
"For all its flaws, the WTO plays a crucial role in fostering global economic stability, because countries take their trade disputes to WTO tribunals for adjudication rather than engaging in tit-for-tat retaliation. That keeps trade wars from erupting, and so do WTO members’ pledges to keep their tariffs within legally-bound limits."