Executive Director Institute for International Business, Economics & Law
University of Adelaide
Former Deputy Director-General
WTO

Andrew L. Stoler is the Executive Director of the Institute for International Business, Economics and Law and holds the title of adjunct Professor of International Trade at the University of Adelaide.  Mr. Stoler currently serves on the Australian Foreign Minister’s Aid Advisory Council and is a member of the Advisory Board of Stanford University’s GATT Digital Library.  He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre and a Senior Advisor to the Shenzhen WTO Affairs Centre.  Andrew Stoler is Director of the Trade Facilitation Alliance, a private sector not-for-profit organization promoting progress in negotiations aimed at removing unnecessary obstacles to efficient border clearance of goods.

Mr. Stoler served as Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (1999-2002) and as Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the GATT and WTO (1989-1999).  Previously, as a senior official of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President (Washington, DC) he also served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean and as Director for Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Andrew Stoler holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University and a BSFS in International Economic Affairs from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.  He is fluent in French and has a working command of Spanish.