Research Assistant, Economics and Trade
Zoe Merewether joined the Commission as a Research Assistant on the Economics and Trade team 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
- Chinese economy and financial markets
- Activities of U.S. multinational companies in China
- Chinese outbound foreign direct investment
- Cybersecurity and Chinese state-sponsored actors
- China’s relations with Japan and South Korea