GGR will hold a BBL Seminar as below:

■Title: How Voters Shape U.S. Trade Policy: Public Opinion and Protectionism in Trump 2.0

■ Speaker: Ji Yeon Park (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University)

■Date: November 7, 2025 (Friday)

■Time: 12:40-13:40

■Place: Kunitachi Campus, Hitotsubashi University (The venue will be notified upon pre-registration)

■Language: English

■Pre-registration: https://forms.gle/PaWGth1DwKX6YXWM9

About the speaker:

Ji Yeon Park is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University. Ji Yeon’s primary research interest focuses on the intersection of domestic politics and international political economy. Specifically for her research, she draws from both public opinion theory of domestic and comparative politics and trade theory of international political economy to explore the political motivation behind changes in individuals’ opinions on trade agreements with foreign countries. Before joining Hitotsubashi University, Ji Yeon held a position of visiting research fellow at University of Tokyo from 2018 to 2019. Ji Yeon studied government and international relations at Smith College as an undergraduate, and went on to earn her master’s degree in public policy from University of Chicago and in international studies from Seoul National University. She then completed her PhD in government as an international relations major at Georgetown University in May 2021.

We are looking forward to your participation.
Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR)