OUR STORY

CITD was founded in 2022 to bring together scholars, students, practitioners, NGOs, business and labor leaders, and international organizations to find solutions to the challenges facing the international trading system and develop global approaches to making trade rules more inclusive and sustainable.

Continuing the legacy and the pioneering work of Professor John Jackson, CITD’s partnership with the International Institute of Economic Law empowers both centers to perpetuate top-tier scholarship on inclusive international trade policy. CITD builds upon Georgetown law’s long history of engagement as a thought leader, placing it again at the forefront of the profound shift that is occurring in international trade law.

OUR VISION

At CITD we believe that understanding how to create a future rules-based trading system that addresses the implications of trade rules for development, the environment, global health, and labor rights is only possible with full and fair participation in the global trading system.