Speaker biographies
Claude Barfield is a resident scholar at AEI. He is the author or editor of a number of books on trade and science policy, including Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy: The Future of the World Trade Organization (AEI Press, 2001). In 1999, he coauthored Tiger by the Tail: China and the World Trade Organization (AEI Press) with Mark Groombridge. Before coming to AEI, he served in the Ford administration, on the staff of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and as a co–staff director of the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties.
Dan Blumenthal joined AEI in November 2004 as a resident fellow in Asian studies. He has served on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission since 2005, serving as vice chairman in 2007, and as a member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group. Previously, Mr. Blumenthal was senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the first George W. Bush administration. In addition to writing for AEI’s Asian Outlook series, he has written articles and op-eds for the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, National Review, and numerous edited volumes. He is currently working on a book that will examine divides within the China policymaking community.
Rupert Hammond-Chambers was appointed president of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council in 2000, and he has worked to develop the council’s role as a partner for American businesses in Asia. Mr. Hammond-Chambers has worked for the council since October 1994, following a position as an associate for development at the Center for Security Policy. He also sits on the advisory boards of Redwood Partners International, the Sabatier Group, and the Pacific Star Fund. He is a trustee of Fettes College and a member of the National Committee on United States–China Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Robert A. Rogowsky is the director of operations for the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), where he is responsible for antidumping and countervailing duty investigations; research, technical expertise, and trade policy assistance provided to the U.S. trade representative and Congress; and maintenance of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. He is also a research fellow at the Independent Institute and an adjunct professor of international trade at George Mason University’s School of Public Policy. Mr. Rogowsky has worked at the USITC in numerous capacities over the years, including as chief economist from 1995 to 1999.
Chaw-hsia Tu is deputy director of the Taiwan WTO Center at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. She specializes in free tree trade agreements and regional economic integration and has conducted numerous studies for Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economic Affairs. Her recent publications include a paper on Taiwan’s free trade agreements and a study of the prospects for cross-Strait economic integration.
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