Philip Levy studies international trade and development at AEI. Before joining AEI, he was a senior economist for trade on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Department. An economist by training, Levy has experience in many international trade and development policy issues, including free trade agreements, trade with China, antidumping policy, welfare effects of globalization, and U.S. foreign assistance and economic development policy.

- Member, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State, 2005-2006

- Senior Economist for Trade, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-2005

- Academic Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2002-2003

- Associate Professor of Economics, Economic Growth Center, Department of Economics, Yale University, 1999-2003

- Assistant Professor of Economics, Economic Growth Center, Department of Economics, Yale University, 1994-1999

- Consultant, United States Agency for International Development, Accra, Ghana, 1994

- Junior Staff Economist for International Trade, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-1992

- Assistant, Economic Research and Analysis Unit, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva, 1990

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University

B.A., Economics, University of Michigan

Articles and Short Publications

Does Trade Policy Matter? Weak Trade Week Is the U.S. Public Service Academy a Good Idea?

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Events

The Collapse of the WTO Doha Round Trade Talks: Implications and Future Options Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade Is China Taking Unfair Advantage of Its Trade Partners?

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Media Appearance

China: How Economic Integration Might Foster Democratic Development