David A. Gantz

David A. Gantz teaches and writes in the areas of international trade and investment law, regional trade agreements, public international law and international environmental law. He is also the Will Clayton Fellow for Trade and International Economics at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, with a focus on their Mexico Center. Previously, David was a visiting professor of law at American University and George Washington University Law School, a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania and visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Costa Rica. David has also taught at Georgetown University, Loyola University, the University of San Diego Law School and Universidad Rafael Landívar. He served earlier in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State and practiced law in Washington, D.C., after earning AB (Harvard College), JD and JSM (Stanford Law School) degrees.

The Will Clayton Fellow writes and participates in various projects for the Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico. See https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/david-gantz.

He has written extensively on World Trade Organization and NAFTA/USMCA trade law and dispute resolution issues, as well as a range of other international trade matters. Gantz is the author, co-author or editor of seven books and more than 75 journal articles, has served as a consultant for the UNDP, USAID and the World Bank, among others, and served as a panelist under Chapters 11, 19 and 20 of NAFTA. His most recent book is The Future of Trade: A North American Perspective (Edward Elgar Publishers, December 2023).

Curriculum Vitae

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Representative Publications

• The Future of Trade: A North American Perspective (co-editor, with Tony Payan,)(Edward Elgar Publishers, 2023)
• An Introduction to the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement; Understanding the New NAFTA (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2020, 2021)
• he Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement:  Its Substance and Impact on International Trade, NAFTA, and Other FTAs (co-editor, with Jorge Huerta Goldman, Cambridge University Press, 2022)
• The Risks and Rewards of Renegotiating the North American Trade Relationship, 33 Md. J. Int'l L. 127 (2018).
• Liberalizing International Trade after Doha: Multilateral, Plurilateral, Regional, and Unilateral Initiatives (2013).
• WTO Case Reviews, Arizona J. Int'l & Comp. L. (annual reviews, 2000 - 2017) (co-author, with Raj Bhala et al.).
• Complete List of Publications

Education

• J.S.M. Stanford Law School
  1970
  Thesis topic:  "Industrial Encouragement Legislation in Central America: The Costa Rica Experience"
• J.D. Stanford Law School
  1967
  Ford Foundation International Legal Studies Fellowship; President, International Law Society; Editorial Board and co-founder, Stanford Journal of International Studies
• A.B. Harvard College
  1964
  Graduated cum laude in Government

Admitted to Practice

• Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of International Trade
• U.S. Supreme Court
• District of Columbia
• Ohio

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