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Op-Eds and Speeches
Protecting Open Markets
by Robert Z. Lawrence

Auto-Bailout: Will Americans Demand The Cars Congress Wants the Big Three to Build?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Dec. 2009

A New Trade Plan for South Africa
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards, Mail & Guardian Online, 22 May 2008

Much Ado about NAFTA
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Guardian, 7 March 2008



Reports
Succeeding in the Global Economy: American Communities Prosperity Initiative
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Grant Aldonas and Matthew Slaughter, The Financial Services Forum, Jan. 2009

Succeeding in the Global Economy: A New Policy Agenda for the American Worker
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Grant Aldonas and Matthew Slaughter, The Financial Services Forum, 26 June 2007

The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System
by Robert Z. Lawrence, CSR No. 25, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2007

Cancun Collapse Won't Halt Global Trade Reform
by Robert Z. Lawrence, John Lipsky and James Glassman, Global Issues: Special Edition. J.P. Morgan report, 4 Nov. 2003



Papers
Toward a More Effective WTO: The Role of Variable Geometry
by Robert Z. Lawrence, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, June 2008 (speech)

International Organizations: The Challenge of Aligning Mission, Means and Legitimacy
by Robert Z. Lawrence, World Economy, Sept. 2007

Slow Real Wage Growth and U.S. Income Inequality: Is Trade to Blame?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, "Is Free Trade Still Optimal in the 21st Century?", International Business School at Brandeis University, 15 June 2007

US Trade Policy: The Exception to American Exceptionalism?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, "Power and Superpower: Global Leadership in the 21st Century", Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, June 2007

Rule making amidst growing diversity: A club-of-club approach to WTO Reform and new issue selection
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 9, 4 Dec 2006

South African Trade Policy Matters: Trade Performance and Trade Policy
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards, Center for International Development Project for the South African Treasury, Dec. 2006.

Recent US Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but no Guarantees
by Robert Z. Lawrence, 6 Dec 2006

A New Compensation Mechanism for Preference Erosion in the Doha Round
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Blue Sky Conference, Center for International Development at the John F Kennedy School of Government, 9 Sept. 2006

China and the Multilateral Trading System
by Robert Z. Lawrence, "China and Emerging Asia: Reorganizing the Global Economy?", Korean Institute for Economic Policy (KIEP) and Center for International Commerce and Finance (CICF), Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, 11 May 2006

Should Export Subsidies be Treated Differently?
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Nathaniel Stankard, 18 Oct. 2005

America's Sorry Trade Performance
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Nathaniel Stankard, The International Economy, Winter 2004

What Happened to the Great US Job Machine? The Role of Trade and Electronic Offshoring
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Martin N. Baily, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Ed. William Brainard and George Perry, Fall 2004

Should a U.S.-India FTA Be Part of India's Trade Strategy?
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Rajesh Chadha, India Policy Forum, Ed. Suman Bery, Barry Bosworth and Arvind Panagariya, 2004

Egypt, Morocco and the US FTAs
by Robert Z. Lawrence and Ahmed Galal, Free Trade Agreements and U.S. Policy, Institute for International Economics, Jul. 2003

Crimes and Punishments?: An analysis of retaliation under the WTO
by Robert Z. Lawrence, 25 June 2003

Capitalizing on CAFTA: Enhancing El Salvador’s Integration into the Global Economy
by Robert Z. Lawrence, FUSADES, El Salvador, 2003



Monograph Links
Blue-Collar Blues: Is Trade to Blame for Rising US Income Inequality?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Policy Analyses in International Economics Vol. 85, Jan. 2008

A US-Middle East Trade Agreement: A Circle of Opportunity?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Policy Analyses in International Economics Vol. 81, Nov. 2006

Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation: Making the Rules
by Charan Devereaux, Robert Z. Lawrence and Michael D. Watkins, Vol. 1, Sept. 2006

Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation: Resolving Disputes
by Charan Devereaux, Robert Z. Lawrence and Michael D. Watkins, Vol. 2, Sept. 2006

Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation: Two Volume Set
by Charan Devereaux, Robert Lawrence and Michael D. Watkins, 2 Vols., Sept. 2006

Can America Still Compete or Does It need a New Trade Paradigm?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Institute for International Economics, Policy Brief, 9 Jun. 2006

Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement
by Ahmed Galal and Robert Z. Lawrence, Policy Analyses in International Economics Vol. 74, May 2005

Has Globalization Gone Far Enough? The Costs of Fragmented Markets
by Scott C. Bradford and Robert Z. Lawrence, Feb. 2004

Crimes and Punishments? Retaliation under the WTO
by Robert Z. Lawrence, Nov. 2003

Blue-Collar Blues: Is Trade to Blame for Rising US Income Inequality?
by Robert Z. Lawrence, PPT presentation in PDF format





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