Henry Gao is an associate professor of law at Singapore Management University and the Dongfang Scholar Chair Professor at Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. With law degrees from three continents, Gao started his career as the first Chinese lawyer at the World Trade Organization Secretariat. Before moving to Singapore in late 2007, he taught law at the University of Hong Kong, where he was also the deputy director of the East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Program. He has taught at the IELPO LL.M program in Barcelona and the Academy of International Trade Law in Macau, and he was the academic coordinator to the first Asia-Pacific regional trade policy course officially sponsored by the WTO. Gao’s research has been featured in CNN, BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. He has advised many national governments as well as the WTO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, APEC and ASEAN on trade issues. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Financial Regulation. He’s currently working on issues relating to digital trade, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Belt and Road Initiative