Gerard Baker

Gerard Baker writes a column in the Financial Times on US politics and policy, which appears every Thursday. He came to Washington in 1996 after almost three years as an FT Tokyo correspondent, covering Japan's unfolding financial crisis and broader economic issues. Between 1998 and 2002 he was Washington bureau chief. In 1999 he was selected as a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism in the field of commentary for his writing on US economics. (2004)