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Claude Barfield
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Resident Scholar Claude E. Barfield
A former consultant to the office of the United States Trade Representative, Claude Barfield researches international trade policy (including trade policy in China and East Asia), the World Trade Organization (WTO), intellectual property, science and technology policy.  His many books include Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy: The Future of the World Trade Organization, in which he identifies challenges to the WTO and to the future of trade liberalization.
Professional Experience

-Consultant, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1982-1985
-Co-Staff Director, President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, 1979-1981
-Professional Staff Member, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee,
   U.S. Senate, 1977-1979
-Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1974-1977
-Reporter, National Journal, 1970-1974
-Faculty, University of Munich, 1968-1969, and Yale University, 1962-1969


Education

M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
B.A., Johns Hopkins University


Articles and Short Publications
Stand By with Smelling Salts for Your Cloistered Editorial Writers
Taiwan's Time
The Fast-Track Trade War
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Books
Biotechnology and the Patent System
High-Tech Protectionism
Korea in Asia
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Events
Trade Tsunami: Will U.S.-Japanese Trade Stay Afloat in a Global Crisis?
Beyond the Zero-Sum Game: Technology Transfer and International Security in the Twenty-First Century
The Collapse of the WTO Doha Round Trade Talks: Implications and Future Options
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Speaking Engagements
Trade and Raw Materials--Looking Ahead
Securing American Sovereignty
Should the WTO Determine U.S. Tax Policy?
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Research Areas
Economics
International trade policy
Science policy
Technology policy
The functioning of the GATT/WTO system
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Contact Information
Claude Barfield
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-5879
Assistant: 202-419-5212
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: CBarfield@aei.org
Latest Book
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Biotechnology and the Patent System
This book offers a timely discussion of biotechnology patent reform. [Read More]