Rethinking World Trade 2025 was a half day-long, in-person event at the Georgetown University Law Center with panelists presenting avant-garde research and policy recommendations. This year’s Rethinking World Trade conference featured two panels on the following themes:

1. The Weaponizing of Trade, moderated by Jennifer Hillman, in discussion with Lorand Bartels from Cambridge University, Orit Frenkel from the American Leadership Initiative, and Peter Harrell from the Carnegie Endowment from International Peace.
2. The Trade Policy Pivot: from Inclusion to Isolation, moderated by Katrin Kuhlmann, in discussion with Alexandra Whittaker from the House Committee on Ways and Means, Tim Meyer from Duke Law School, and Chantal Thomas from Cornell Law School.

The event also featured and opening conversation between CITD Co-Directors Jennifer Hillman and Katrin Kuhlmann and former EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on how world leaders view U.S. trade policy. We closed the event with a trade debate over tariffs, and protectionism vs. revitalization, between Jennifer Hillman and Stephen Vaughn from King & Spalding.

Access to the video recordings of the panels can found found to the right in the sidebar or within each blog post below.