Sherman Katz

Sherman E. Katz is a senior associate in the Trade, Equity and Development project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Formerly, Katz was the William M. Scholl Chair in International Business at The Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, D.C., from February 2000 to February 2006. During 30 years of practicing international trade law, he represented U.S. and foreign corporations, governments, and multilateral institutions in trade policy issues, including national trade regulation and litigation, World Trade Organization negotiations, agreements and dispute settlement.

A Member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars, Katz graduated from Amherst College, Columbia University School of Law and the Columbia School of International Affairs. He attended Stockholm University for his junior college year and received a diploma in EU law from the University of Oxford in 1992.

He is a recipient of Sweden's Royal Order of the North Star, a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and an adjunct professor of International Trade at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.