Policy Analyst, Economics and Trade
Zoe Merewether is Policy Analyst on the Economics and Trade team and joined the Commission as a Research Assistant in 2024. She has four years of experience in technology, media, and telecommunications corporate and investment banking at institutions focused on China and the broader APAC region. As a graduate student in international economics at the Hopkins Nanjing Center at Nanjing University, Zoe wrote and defended her thesis on Chinese foreign direct investment in Japan’s service economy in Mandarin Chinese. She holds a B.A. in East Asian studies with a minor in economics from Stanford University.
Areas of Interest and Expertise
- China’s domestic macroeconomics and financial system
- China Shock 2.0 (supported 2025 hearing)
- China-Southeast Asia relations (supported 2025 hearing)
- Hong Kong