Adjunct Faculty
Eric Garfinkel

Adjunct Faculty

University of Colorado Law School
401 UCB
Boulder, CO  80309
Phone: (303) 492-4891
E-mail: Eric.Garfinkel@Colorado.EDU

Curriculum Vitae:  View (PDF format)

Bio:
Eric Garfinkel is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Colorado Law School. From 2010-2011, he served as Chief Counsel for China Trade in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He previously served as lead U.S. negotiator for antidumping and industrial subsidies in the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce with responsibility for antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and the Foreign Trade Zone program (1989 through 1991). He was General Counsel of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 1987-1988, Deputy Assistant Director for Commerce and Trade, The White House Office of Policy Development from 1982-1983) and Attorney-Advisor, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from 1981-1982.

Between government positions, he practiced international trade law at several law firms. He has written articles for law journals and policy publications on the topic of international trade (Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Georgetown University, Law and Policy in International Business, and the ABA, International Lawyer) and been a senior fellow at the Wharton School of Business, Huntsman Center for Global Competition and Innovation (1992-1993), and the Council on Competitiveness, Washington DC (1992-1993). From 1992-2002 he was President of Back to Basics Toys, a catalog and Internet toy retailer. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.A.1976) and Emory University School of Law (J.D.1979).

Courses:

Fall 2012

International Trade Law

LAWS 6410-001