Christine McDaniel
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Senior Research Fellow
Christine McDaniel is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center. Her research focuses on international trade, globalization, and intellectual property rights.
McDaniel previously worked at Sidley Austin, LLP, a global law firm, where she was a senior economist. She has held several positions in the U.S. government, including Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Treasury Department and senior trade economist in the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and has worked in the economic offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Trade Representative, and U.S. International Trade Commission.
McDaniel has written for the Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Hill, The New York Times, and Forbes, among others, and her media appearances include CNBC, CBC, BBC, Bloomberg, and MSNBC.
McDaniel spent three years in Australia as deputy chief economist in Australia’s patent office. She has published in the areas of international trade, intellectual property, and empirical trade analysis and modeling. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado, and received her B.A. in Economics and Japanese Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Latest Work
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Laudable Agreement to End Fisheries Subsidies Has Big Loopholes
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Industry Can Be a Powerful Ally in the Fight Against Global Overfishing | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Green Steel Deal: Protectionism Wears a Green Mask This Halloween | Forbes
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Does America Need an Industrial Policy for Semiconductors? | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
AgTech Innovation Roundtable Report | Yeutter Institute
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
WTO Cuts Its Forecast for 2023’s Global Trade Growth in Half | Marketplace Radio
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Biden Assures Allies US to Continue Support for Ukraine | Voice of America’s “Flashpoint Ukraine”
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ford’s Battery Saga: A Glimpse Into the Turbulent EV Transition | Forbes
Latest Work
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Laudable Agreement to End Fisheries Subsidies Has Big Loopholes
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Industry Can Be a Powerful Ally in the Fight Against Global Overfishing | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Green Steel Deal: Protectionism Wears a Green Mask This Halloween | Forbes
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Does America Need an Industrial Policy for Semiconductors? | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
AgTech Innovation Roundtable Report | Yeutter Institute
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
WTO Cuts Its Forecast for 2023’s Global Trade Growth in Half | Marketplace Radio
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Biden Assures Allies US to Continue Support for Ukraine | Voice of America’s “Flashpoint Ukraine”
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ford’s Battery Saga: A Glimpse Into the Turbulent EV Transition | Forbes
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Xi’s China Has Become Too Risky for Foreign Businesses | The Hill
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Solving the Big Problems That Come in Small Parcels | Forbes
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Is an Answer to Global Overfishing and Its Subsidies on the Horizon? | The Hill
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
We’re Hurting Our Oceans Through Overfishing — and Government Subsidies Are Paying for It | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How’s It Going With the CPTPP? | Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Can We Achieve Sustainable Fishing on a Global Scale? | Discourse
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Expensive Easter Eggs: What Happens When You Don’t Import Much | Forbes
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
If Congress Wants More Trade, There’s a Bill To Pay | The Hill
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary