Rachel Denae Thrasher

Graduate Fellow
racheldenae@gmail.com
617 358 4000

Expertise

International Trade, International Law, Latin America, Multilateral Agreements, Forests Policy, Global Governance.

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Biography

Rachel Thrasher completed her Master’s degree in International Relations at Boston University in 2008.

She received her J.D. in June of 2007, also from Boston University, and was admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While in graduate school, she focused her research on issues surrounding U.S.-style free trade agreements and their legal impact on Latin American countries. Her Note, entitled Indirect Expropriation under NAFTA and DR-CAFTA: Potential Inconsistencies in the Treatment of State Public Welfare Regulations, was published in the Boston University Law Review in October of 2006.

Her research has been on why Latin American countries pursue investment treaties and how that should impact U.S. policy. Her recent research has focussed on policy issues related to regional trade agreements, multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and on global forests governance.