Joshua Meltzer

Joshua Meltzer

Doctorate of Law (S.J.D.), Master of LawDC, US
Your team will learn from one of the worlds foremost experts from Brookings - the world's number one Think Tank - on emerging technologies and digital trade

Your team will learn from one of the world's foremost experts from Brookings - the world's number one Think Tank - on emerging technologies and digital trade 

Dr. Meltzer is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. At Brookings. Meltzer is an expert on digital trade law and policy issues and leads Brookings Digital Economy and Trade Project.

Meltzer has testified before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the European Parliament. He has been an expert witness in litigation on digital trade and privacy issues in the EU and a consultant to the World Bank on trade and privacy matters. He is also a member of Australia's National Data Advisory Council.

Meltzer teaches digital trade law at Melbourne University Law School and a course on emerging technologies and the law at Monash University Law School. He has taught international trade law as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, and has been a guest lecturer on digital trade at Columbia University Law School.

Prior to joining Brookings, Meltzer was posted as a diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C. where he was responsible for trade, climate and energy issues and prior to that he was an international trade lawyer and trade negotiator in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has also worked as an attorney at Sackville Wilks & Co in Melbourne, Australia.

Meltzer has appeared in print and news media, including the Economist, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, MSNBC, CBS, Fox, the Asahi Shimbun and China Daily. Meltzer holds an S.J.D. and LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor and law and commerce degrees from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Your team will learn from one of the world's foremost experts from Brookings - the world's number one Think Tank - on emerging technologies and digital trade 

Dr. Meltzer is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. At Brookings. Meltzer is an expert on digital trade law and policy issues and leads Brookings Digital Economy and Trade Project.

Meltzer has testified before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the European Parliament. He has been an expert witness in litigation on digital trade and privacy issues in the EU and a consultant to the World Bank on trade and privacy matters. He is also a member of Australia's National Data Advisory Council.

Meltzer teaches digital trade law at Melbourne University Law School and a course on emerging technologies and the law at Monash University Law School. He has taught international trade law as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, and has been a guest lecturer on digital trade at Columbia University Law School.

Prior to joining Brookings, Meltzer was posted as a diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C. where he was responsible for trade, climate and energy issues and prior to that he was an international trade lawyer and trade negotiator in Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has also worked as an attorney at Sackville Wilks & Co in Melbourne, Australia.

Meltzer has appeared in print and news media, including the Economist, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, MSNBC, CBS, Fox, the Asahi Shimbun and China Daily. Meltzer holds an S.J.D. and LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor and law and commerce degrees from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Global Business

How are global data and data driver technologies such as AI, going to affect business, international trade and international relations.   
International BusinessEducational / Informative

Data and its transformation of international trade

How is the move towards a data drivern economy transforming international trade.  How improtant is ecommerce or is trade in digital services where the growth is? What does digital trade mean for small businesses? What are the new international rules of the game and who will determine how digital trade is governed?
International AffairsEducational / Informative

The US-China Trade Ware and the Role of Technology

Understand where the US-China trade war is likely to be heading what is the impact going to be on technology.  Understand how competition over emerging technololgies such as AI will shape US-China trade going forward.  In addition to trade, what are the implications for investment in each country.
Educational / Informative

The future of the rules-based international trade system

Whether or not you pay much attention to the World Trade Organization or Free Trade Agreements, these agreements have underpinned certainty in international economic relations.  China and the US in particular are increasingly ignoring these rules, causing massive increases in uncertainty and risk for international traders and investors.  What is the WTO and FTAs, how do they work and what can we expect from international trade rules going forward? 
Educational / Informative

Financing Sustainable Infrastructure- addressing climate change and development

The world needs to build approximately $90 trillion in infrastructure out to 2030.  Unless the infrastructure is sustainable such as low carbon energy, public transit and energy efficient buildings, the world will lock intself into a high carbon pathway that misses the global goal of reducing climate global warming below 2 degrees below pre-industrial levels by 2050 and will also miss the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.  Developing innovative means of financing sustainble...
Educational / Informative