Petros C. Mavroidis
Petros C. Mavroidis is a Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in international trade law.
He speaks English, French, German, Italian and Greek.
He is also the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Law at Columbia University, New York. He has previously taught at the European University Institute (Florence), Princeton and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels), and has been employed by the World Trade Organization (WTO). He holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Heidelberg.
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Featured work
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive?
The Trump administration’s trade policy accelerates the WTO’s decline and challenges global trade governance
'Reciprocal' tariffs: what's in a word?
Trump's definition does not reflect reciprocity as applied in past multilateral trade negotiations or in equality of tariffs
Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for trade
How the European Union should respond to Trump’s tariffs
This Policy Brief focuses on possible new Trump tariffs, based on statements made by the President-elect
Memo to the commissioner responsible for trade
Key factors likely to shape the EU’s trade agenda in the next five-year term
Avoiding a requiem for the WTO
The WTO has been 'missing in action': how can we restore the organisation's role as a global forum for cooperation on trade?
China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters
An examination of China’s participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them.
China and the world trade organisation: towards a better fit
China’s participation in the WTO has been anything but smooth, as its self-proclaimed socialist market economy system has alienated its trading partne
Beyond the WTO? An anatomy of EU and US preferential trade agreements
All work
Working paper
27 October 2025
Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive?
The Trump administration’s trade policy accelerates the WTO’s decline and challenges global trade governance
Analysis
27 February 2025
'Reciprocal' tariffs: what's in a word?
Trump's definition does not reflect reciprocity as applied in past multilateral trade negotiations or in equality of tariffs
First Glance
30 January 2025
Policy Brief
09 December 2024
How the European Union should respond to Trump’s tariffs
This Policy Brief focuses on possible new Trump tariffs, based on statements made by the President-elect
Memo
04 September 2024
Report
02 May 2024
Podcast
16 June 2021
Avoiding a requiem for the WTO
The WTO has been 'missing in action': how can we restore the organisation's role as a global forum for cooperation on trade?
Event
28 April 2021
China and the WTO: (How) can they live together?
What changes can be made to make China and the WTO more compatible with each other?
External publication
28 January 2021
China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters
An examination of China’s participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them.
Event
09 October 2019
China and the WTO: towards a better fit
This session at the WTO Public Forum, in Geneva, will discuss a proposal for the WTO to accommodate China better while retaining its priciples.