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Shanker A. Singham

Shanker A. Singham is an international trade expert, government advisor,[1] and the CEO of Competere LLC.[2][3] He is a member of the Commission on Trade & Agriculture within the Department of International Trade, a policy lead of the Trader Support Service Consortium.[4][5][6]

Shanker A. Singham
BornDecember 13, 1968
London
CitizenshipBritish-American
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
The College of Law, Guildford
University of Miami School of Law
Occupation(s)International trade expert
Government advisor

Early life and education

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Shanker was born on December 13, 1968, in London. He received his secondary education at St. Paul’s School, London.[1] Singham attended Balliol College and earned a status of Oxford Blue. He participated in sports as an officer in the Achilles Club and served as the Honorary Secretary of the Oxford University Athletic Club.[7][8] He also competed for the British Athletics League Division 1 team, Blackheath Harriers, and training with coach Mike Smith's Team Solent 400m group.[9]

Singham holds a BS and MS in Chemistry from Balliol College, Oxford University.[10] He later obtained postgraduate legal degrees from The College of Law, Guildford in the UK, and the University of Miami Law School.[11] Singham coined the concept of "Anti-Competitive Market Distortion," a framework for economic analysis and policy formulation in trade and economic growth discussions.[12][13]

Career

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Singham started his professional journey in the early 1990s, serving as an attorney at McKenna & Co in London. From 1995 to 2005, Singham expanded his scope in international trade by building the Latin American trade practice at Steel Hector & Davis in Miami. Following this, he held a position at Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC. Between June 2005 and August 2013, Singham headed the WTO/Global Market Access Practice at Squire Sanders in Washington DC, where he managed a team of 25 attorneys.[11][14] Singham also served as an advisor on economics and trade matters for Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.[15][16][17]

Career transitions and public engagement

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In 2013, Singham assumed the role of director of the Competitiveness and Enterprise Cities Project at Babson Global in Boston.[18] Singham joined the Legatum Institute in 2016, where he served as the director of economic policy and prosperity studies. He held the position of chairman of the Legatum Special Trade Commission.[1][14][17] During this period, Singham emerged as an active public figure in the UK, supporting Brexit and engaging in policy discussions concerning the country's future trade relations post-Brexit.[10][19][20] Singham has also been a part of discussions on transformation of the Soviet Union, Poland’s entry into the EU, the Latin American apertura, US free trade negotiation and China’s accession to the World Trade Organization.[4][21][22]

Singham also testified numerous times before hearings in both chambers of the UK parliament between 2016 and 2024. In 2018, he assumed the role of Director of International Trade & Competition at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in the UK.[10][23][24] He holds the position of Academic Fellow at present and serves on the Academic Advisory Council.[25][26]

Singham served, alongside British economist Douglas McWilliams, as the co-chairman of Growth Commission.[3][27] Prior to this, he offered advisory services to UK parliamentarians and government ministers during the Brexit negotiations.[10][22] He served as an advisor to the US Trade Representative (USTR)[28][29] and as an advisor to the UK International Trade Secretary during the tenure of Theresa May's government.[30]

Memberships

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Personal life

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Singham holds dual nationality in the UK and US.[15] He is married to Mellicent Wauters Singham.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Coppen, Luke (2017-07-13). "Brexit's Catholic Mr Fixit". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  2. ^ "MPs scrutinise impact of UK-EU trade agreement". UK Parliament. 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b UCL (2024-09-18). "Priorities for the new UK Government: Economic growth (and its limits)". Department of Political Science. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "Checks proposed for Irish land border will not solve sea border issues, MPs told". The Herald. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  5. ^ Cartmill, Claire. "Sign up to make use of Trader Support Service". NewsLetter.
  6. ^ "Search results | JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  7. ^ "Achilles Club 1992 Annual Report" (PDF). Achilles.
  8. ^ "Achilles Club 1993 Annual Report" (PDF). Achilles.
  9. ^ "British League Division One - Match Four" (PDF). BLACKHEATH HARRIER’S GAZETTE.
  10. ^ a b c d Crerar, Pippa (2018-09-23). "Shanker Singham: is he the brains of Brexit?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  11. ^ a b "Seminar Featuring Miami Law Alumni to Discuss the Art of Looting by Nazis and Communists". news.miami.edu. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  12. ^ "International trade disputes on the rise as countries seek to keep jobs local | Asian Legal Business". www.legalbusinessonline.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  13. ^ Abbott, Alden F. (2016). "Anticompetitive Market Distortions as an Ungoverned Space, and Prospects for Reform". The SAIS Review of International Affairs. 36 (2): 87–102. ISSN 1945-4716.
  14. ^ a b "Exiting the European Union Committee". House of Commons. 23 November 2016.
  15. ^ a b "Brexit, the Promise of Anglo-American Free Trade, and the British Election". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  16. ^ "Shanker A. Singham". itif.org. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  17. ^ a b CASSELLA, MEGAN (19 April 2017). "Canada throws down in dairy fight". Politico.
  18. ^ "New Center to Foster Startup Cities in Developing Countries". InsightSur. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  19. ^ "Legatum: the think-tank at intellectual heart of 'hard' Brexit". FinancialTimes. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  20. ^ Brussels, Joe Barnes (7 August 2020). "Boris's freeport plan could hand boost to Brexit-backing Sunderland". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  21. ^ "New Zealand-style agri-food deal 'would help NI'". 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  22. ^ a b Foster, Peter (2019-01-29). "Why the EU will reject the 'Malthouse Compromise'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  23. ^ a b "Fellows". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  24. ^ Zeffman, Henry (2018-06-24). "Trade guru Shanker Singham quits over role at lobbying firm". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  25. ^ "FACA". www.facadatabase.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  26. ^ "FACA". www.facadatabase.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  27. ^ "Truss-backed economists say minimum wage is 'destroying jobs' and call for cut". The Independent. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  28. ^ "FACA". www.facadatabase.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  29. ^ "Shanker Singham". MuckRack.
  30. ^ "Legatum Institute parts ways with pro-Brexit trade expert". FinancialTimes. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  31. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations". www.cfr.org. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  32. ^ "In Conversation with Shanker Singham". British Chamber Of Commerce Czech Republic. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  33. ^ "Alternative arrangements to the backstop examined". UK Parliament. 24 June 2019.
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