Joel P. Trachtman is Professor of International Law and Henry Braker Professor of Commercial Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. The author of ten books and over a hundred scholarly articles and chapters on international economic law, Professor Trachtman has served as a member of the Boards of the American Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, and the Journal of International Economic Law, has consulted for governments and international organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and the OECD, and has been a visiting professor at Basel, Hamburg, Harvard, Hebrew, Hong Kong, MGIMO, Swansea, and Pretoria universities.  He is a leader of the “Remaking Trade Project,” which in 2021-2025, through a series of 15 workshops and 50 white papers, has developed and is articulating an agenda and tools for harnessing the international trade system to sustainable development.  He is also a frequent media commentator on trade law issues.  He practiced law in New York and Hong Kong for 9 years before entering academia.