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Trump's trade war timeline 2.0: An up-to-date guide Experts Experts Our widely recognized specialists on international economics bring their expertise to bear on a vast and diverse range of topics and regions. View all Senior Research Staff Research Analysts In The News Events Support PIIE Newsroom Bookstore Subscribe You are here Experts Senior Research Staff Anna Gelpern Nonresident Senior Fellow Areas of Expertise Debt Debt Relief Financial Crises Financial Regulation International Law Sovereign Debt Restructuring Connect Follow Me On RSS Find Me On Twitter Email Me [email protected] High Resolution Photo (jpeg 1.01 MB) Anna Gelpern, nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and International Finance at Georgetown University Law Center. She writes about financial integration, government debt, and regulation, and coauthored the leading law textbook on international finance. She has contributed to international initiatives on financial reform and sovereign borrowing, most recently as an expert for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. She has held faculty appointments at the American University Washington College of Law, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, and the Rutgers University Division of Global Affairs, and visiting appointments at Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania School of Law. She was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, served in legal and policy positions at the US Treasury Department, and practiced with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York and London. She earned an AB from Princeton University, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Recent Content Event The Trump administration's America First investment pledges March 5, 2026 Event Conference: Central bank independence in practice October 31, 2025 Op-Eds How Beijing’s collateral play can rattle the creditor-borrower balance Anna Gelpern (PIIE) October 16, 2025 via Financial Times Working Papers How China collateralizes Anna Gelpern (PIIE), Omar Haddad (Oxford University), Sebastian Horn (University of Hamburg, Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Paulina Kintzinger (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Bradley C. Parks (AidData, William & Mary) and Christoph Trebesch (Kiel University, Kiel Institute for the World Economy) September 2025 Speeches & Papers How China Collateralizes (AidData Working Paper 136) Anna Gelpern (PIIE; Georgetown Law), Omar Haddad (Oxford University), Sebastian Horn (University of Hamburg, Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Paulina Kintzinger (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Bradley C. 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