Elizabeth J. Drake, Esq.
Elizabeth J. Drake is an international trade attorney and partner at Stewart and Stewart. She has experience in a broad array of international trade law matters, including antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, section 301 petitions, China-specific safeguards, unilateral trade preference programs, international and bilateral trade agreements, government procurement, agricultural and environmental trade policy, and international labor standards. Ms. Drake has represented clients in proceedings before the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Court of International Trade, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has also advised clients on trade policy and legislative matters, as well as dispute settlement proceedings before the World Trade Organization.
Prior to joining Stewart and Stewart in 2005, Ms. Drake served for six years as an international policy analyst at the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), where she advocated on behalf of the American labor movement on trade and international economic policies before the U.S. Congress, executive agencies, state-level policy makers, and international organizations such as the World Bank.
Ms. Drake has served on the Labor Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations to the U.S. Trade Representative and on the planning committee for the Court of International Trade’s 16th Judicial Conference. She is the author and co-author of a variety of publications on international trade matters, including articles on climate change, China’s exchange rate policies, WTO rules on balance of payments measures, Buy America laws, and trade and labor rights.
Ms. Drake received her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Drake is proficient in Spanish and Portuguese, and she has worked and studied abroad in Brazil. Ms. Drake is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and she is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Court of International Trade.
Publications
Stewart and Stewart Comments to House Ways & Means Committee on China Currency (September 2010) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2010
Stewart and Stewart Comments to House Ways & Means Committee on China Currency (March 24, 2010) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2010
“Buy America: Key to America’s Economic Recovery,” Paper Published by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (February 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2009
“A Consumption-Based Approach to Combating Climate Change,” Stewart and Stewart (March 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2009
Addressing Balance-of-Payments Difficulties Under World Trade Organization Rules (December 2009) – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2009
“Prioritizing Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy,” in The Future of Human Rights: U.S. Policy for a New Era – Author: Elizabeth J. Drake, Carol Pier. Year: 2008
International Financial Institutions – Author: Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2006
U.S.-Mexico Tomato Trade: Evaluating the Suspension Agreement Ten Years Later – Author: Terence P. Stewart, Patrick J. McDonough, Philip A. Butler, Elizabeth J. Drake and Carl Moyer. Year: 2006
Reliance on Decisions of the CAFC in Trade and Customs Litigation – Author: Terence P. Stewart and Elizabeth J. Drake. Year: 2006
Practicing: International Trade Law Matters, Antidumping, Countervailing Duty Proceedings, Section 301 Petitions, Unilateral Trade Preference Programs, International Trade Agreements, Bilateral Trade Agreements, Agricultural Trade Policy, International Labor Standards
