Thea Lee
Policy Director
AFL-CIO
Thea Lee is Policy Director for the Legislation Department of the AFL-CIO, where she oversees research on international trade and investment policy. Previously, she worked as an international trade economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. and as an editor at Dollars & Sense magazine in Boston. She received a Bachelors degree from Smith College and a Masters degree in economics from the University of Michigan.
Ms. Lee is co-author of A Field Guide to the Global Economy, recently published by the New Press. Her research projects include reports on the North American Free Trade Agreement and on the impact of international trade on the domestic steel and textile industries. She has testified before several committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on various trade topics. She has also appeared on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, C-Span, CNN, and numerous radio programs.