Testimony of Dr. Todd N. Tucker Before Hearing by the Office of the US Trade Representative on Supply Chain Resilience
May 3, 2024
By Todd N. Tucker
Below is an excerpt from Todd N. Tucker’s comments before the US Trade Representative on May 2, 2024.
My name is Dr. Todd N. Tucker. I am a political scientist and director of Industrial Policy and Trade for the Roosevelt Institute, the nonprofit research organization and partner of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. I have researched and published extensively on global governance, investment law, sectoral strategies for decarbonization, and other topics related to today’s hearing.
I applaud the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) for exploring how trade and investment policy may be designed to promote supply chain resilience in the face of supply shocks and a changing economic and climate landscape. There are a few overarching challenges for this important work ahead, which I discuss briefly, with references to further reading by scholars at Roosevelt Institute and elsewhere.
- Challenge 1: Balancing competing objectives
- Challenge 2: Addressing positive externalities
- Challenge 3: Ensuring economic development and resilience
Author
Todd Tucker
Director, Industrial Policy and TradeAs director of Industrial Policy and Trade, Dr. Tucker, a political scientist, helps lead Roosevelt's work on the role of governance and institutions (both national and international) in facilitating economic transformation.