James McCall Smith received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1998. His research and teaching interests include international political economy, international law, and international organizations. His dissertation, Policing International Trade, focused on the design of dispute settlement procedures in regionall and multilateral trade accords. With support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, he is currently engaged in a study of the early years of the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization.

 

Publications on the process of international economic negotiation:

Smith, James McCall. 2006. Compliance Bargaining in the WTO: Ecuador and the Bananas Dispute. In Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA, edited by John Odell. Cambridge University Press.

Smith, James McCall and Jonas Tallberg. March 2005. "Compliance Bargaining in International Cooperation". Paper presented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association, Honolulu.

Contact Information:
Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, DC
Email: jmsmith@cov.com
Website: www.cov.com/jmsmith