Merit E. Janow has a unique international career than spans academia, government and business. Her background combines international trade and antitrust law and policy with extensive international experience, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Merit E. Janow is a member of the faculty of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Columbia Law School. During her career, Ms. Janow has served as the Executive Director of an international antitrust advisory committee to the Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust; a senior trade negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative responsible for bilateral trade negotiations between the United States and Japan and China; a corporate lawyer with a major Wall Street law firm involved in global mergers and acquisitions and business operations; and a researcher on international economic policy for a major U.S. think tank. She grew up in Tokyo Japan, and speaks Japanese.

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