May is World Trade Month: a time to recognize the benefits of international trade and its impact on our everyday lives. That got me thinking about my own personal history and how it has been shaped and moulded by international trade. My grandfather first came to Pennsylvania from England as a child refugee of WWII. […]
I had the fortune to spend summer on the beautiful shores of Lake Geneva representing the UK at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a 159 country organisation that governs international economic relations. It was a welcome respite from the heat and humidity of DC during the summer – several weeks soaking up the fresh mountain […]
As a Senior Trade Policy Advisor here at the Embassy in Washington, part of my role over the last few months has been in helping to coordinate the delicate dance required in the run-up to the launch of a major international negotiation.
Thomas Whitehead is a Senior Trade Policy Advisor at the British Embassy in Washington. His work focuses on international trade policy, transatlantic commerce, economic growth, competitiveness and innovation. He holds…
Thomas Whitehead is a Senior Trade Policy Advisor at the British Embassy in Washington. His work focuses on international trade policy, transatlantic commerce, economic growth, competitiveness and innovation. He holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and government from the College of William and Mary and a law degree from American University. Prior to law school he worked in the worldwide arbitration and dispute resolution practice of Steptoe & Johnson LLP in and at the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. While in law school he worked with the Office of the United States Trade Representative. He is currently pursuing an LLM at Georgetown University, where he is a Fellow in the Institute for International Economic Law, and holds a certificate in trade regulation from the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland. A Washington-area native, Mr Whitehead is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States