The editors thank all of the authors who submitted chapters for this book, as well as the other persons who contributed to the success of the November 2008 conference of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL): The Politics of International Economic Law: The Next Four Years. Taking place at a special, optimistic point in time, shortly after the U.S. presidential election of 2008, the conference benefited from the participation of many from Washington, D.C., and from far away, including our keynote and endnote speakers, Jennifer A. Hillman (World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body Member and German Marshall Fund of the United States), Hon. William Frenzel (Brookings Institution), Prof. John H. Jackson (Georgetown University Law Center), Lucy Reed (ASIL and Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP), and Ambassador John K. Veroneau (Deputy U.S. Trade Representative [USTR]).