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Merit E. Janow
International Affairs Building, Room 909
Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law & International Affairs
Phone: 212-854-1724
www.columbia.edu/~mj60/
mj60@columbia.edu
Biography:
Merit E. Janow was appointed a professor in the practice of international trade at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in the fall of 1994. She is also the director of the international economic policy concentration at SIPA (since 1998) and codirector of Columbia's APEC Study Center (since 1994). Professor Janow teaches graduate courses in international economic and trade policy at SIPA and international trade law and international antitrust at Columbia Law School.
While at Columbia, Janow has undertaken a variety of external advisory activities, along with her substantial ongoing research activities. In November 2003, she was selected by the WTO membership to serve on the appellate body. In November 1997, Janow was appointed executive director of a new international competition policy advisory committee to the attorney general and assistant attorney general for antitrust at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
From February 1990 through July 1993, Janow was deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), executive office of the president. Her responsibilities within USTR included the development, coordination, and implementation of U.S. trade policy and negotiating strategy toward Japan and the People's Republic of China.
Before joining USTR, Janow was an associate with the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and international corporate transactions. Her transactional experience included major corporate acquisitions in the United States, domestic and international securities offerings, joint ventures in the United States and Asia, licensing and distribution agreements, and acquisition and protection of intellectual property in the United States and in Asia. From 1980 to 1985, Janow was a member of the professional staff of the Hudson Institute, based initially in Tokyo and then in New York.
Professor Janow is the author of a number of articles and books on U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Asian economic and trade relations as well as international economic law and policy subjects, including: "The Future of Competition Policy in the WTO" (Kluwer Law International 2003); "Unilateral and Bilateral International Approaches to Competition Policy: Drawing on the Trade Experience" (Brookings Trade Forum 1998); "Competition Policy and the WTO" in The Uruguay Round and Beyond, edited by Jagdish Bhagwati and Matthias Hirsch (University of Michigan Press 1999); and "U.S. Trade Policy Towards Japan and China" in Trade Policies for a New Era (Council on Foreign Relations Press 1998), among others.
Professor Janow received a BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a JD from Columbia University Law School. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society, and Japan Society, among others. She also serves on the board of directors of two global mutual funds.
Research Interests: Trade Policy