Andrew L Stoler

Mr Andrew L Stoler was appointed in September 2002 as the foundation Executive Director of the University of Adelaide-based Institute for International Trade. The Institute is dedicated to giving practical support to those who work in today's global economy. Its business-oriented focus is reflected in its activity mix of specialized executive information programs; research and contract consultancy work on issues of current relevance to business and governments; academic course work; and organization and participation in international technical cooperation training activities.

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. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Australian Services Roundtable. He joined the Advisory Board of the newly established European Centre for International Political Economy in October 2006.

Andrew L Stoler served as Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from November 1999 to October 2002. In that capacity, Mr Stoler played a central role in supporting the recently launched Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and more generally in the direction of the Organization created to oversee the framework for the global trading system. Within the WTO, Mr Stoler had specific responsibility for legal affairs and dispute settlement, trade in services, market access (tariffs and non-tariff measures) for trade in non-agricultural products, and the WTO work program on electronic commerce. Mr Stoler is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center.

Prior to his service with the World Trade Organization, Andrew Stoler spent slightly more than ten years in Geneva as the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the WTO and its predecessor, the GATT. During the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Mr Stoler was the principal U.S. negotiator for a wide range of WTO Agreements, including the Trade Policy Review Mechanism, the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO and other institutional issues such as aspects of the final text of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

In earlier stages of his long career in international trade policy, Mr Stoler served as Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean and as USTR Director for Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Mr Stoler holds an M.B.A. in International Business from George Washington University and a B.S. in International Economic Affairs from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.