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Shortly after stepping down from the Treasury Department, Prof. Itai Grinberg spoke about his time there at a recent Georgetown Law conference on international taxation.

The Re-entry Interview: After Securing Landmark International Tax Agreement, Prof. Itai Grinberg Returns to Campus

February 23, 2023 Campus News Faculty International Economic Law Tax Law

Professor Itai Grinberg’s last two years have been busy ones, full of travel to international capitals, seven-day work weeks and 16-hour days of meetings and negotiations. But in the end, he helped achieve a top item on the United States’ international economic agenda: a first-ever global minimum corporate tax (GMT).

Georgetown Law Hosts Trailblazing Women Leaders of IMF and WTO

March 16, 2022 International & Comparative Law International Economic Law

It was a rare opportunity to hear a conversation between the leaders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

IIEL Faculty Director Chris Brummer and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA).

Members of Congress, Regulators and Bank CEOs Join Georgetown Law IIEL’s Juneteenth Forum on Financial Inclusion

June 17, 2021 Business & Financial Regulation Congress Faculty International Economic Law

Minority-owned banks have long played an outsized role in providing financial services to traditionally underserved communities, particularly access to credit.

Georgetown Law Experts Break New Ground on China’s Lending, Hong Kong Crackdown

April 19, 2021 International & Comparative Law International Economic Law

With China emerging as the world’s largest official creditor, its lending program has become the subject of intense international debate. Is China a benevolent development lender — or is it forging a new global empire?

Professor Anna Gelpern moderated a February panel between World Bank Group President David Malpass and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

COVID-19 Adds Urgency to Professors’ Work on Global Debt

May 12, 2020 Business & Financial Regulation International Economic Law

The global economic meltdown caused by COVID-19 has redoubled two Georgetown Law professors’ commitment to address a long-simmering problem: massive and growing debt accumulation by many developing countries.

41st Annual International Trade Update

March 4, 2020 International Economic Law Press Releases

Tom Graham to deliver the 4th Annual John D. Greenwald Memorial Lecture: “The Rise (and Demise?) of the WTO Appellate Body”

Professor Emma Coleman Jordan at Georgetown Law's conference on Law and Macroeconomics on September 27. Jordan led a discussion with Professor Daniel K. Tarullo, a former member of the Federal Reserve who teaches at both Harvard and Georgetown, and former Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen.

Professor Anna Gelpern, Professor Adam Levitin, Institute of International Economic Law Host Conference on Law and Macroeconomics

October 4, 2019 Business & Financial Regulation International Economic Law

If a hashtag is what it takes to put law and macroeconomics on the academic map, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law is all for it.

Professor Alvaro Santos, faculty director of Georgetown Law's Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA), speaks at the September 16 workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Reform.

Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) Sponsors Workshop for Latin American Officials on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform

September 26, 2019 International & Comparative Law International Economic Law

“Latin America is in…a crisis right now,” said Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in a keynote lecture called "ISDS and Development: Lessons for a Reform Agenda" at Georgetown Law on September 16.

Professor Chris Brummer, the faculty director of Georgetown Law's Institute of International Economic Law, testified on the Hill on July 17, raising concerns about a white paper describing Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra.

On the Hill: Professor Chris Brummer on Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on Consumers, Investors and the American Financial System

July 19, 2019 Faculty International Economic Law

On July 17, Georgetown Law Professor Chris Brummer — the faculty director of the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) — testified before the House Financial Services Committee with respect to Libra, Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency. The hearing was chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC).

DC Fintech Week to Convene Regulators, Innovators and Disruptors in October

July 5, 2019 International Economic Law Press Releases

WASHINGTON — DC Fintech Week – Washington’s singular fintech innovation and global policy forum – is scheduled for Oct. 21-24, Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) has announced. Fintech Week offers participants…

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