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Jeffrey E. Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management. He was formerly a managing director of Lehman Brothers and the Blackstone Group, 19979-1993, and undersecretary of commerce for international trade in the Clinton administration.
