William Connell is currently a Team Leader in the Chief Economist Team at the European Commission's DG GROW. Since joining the European institutions in 2012, he has actively contributed to the work of the Commission's DG ECFIN and DG GROW. William's primary research interests revolve around international trade, industrial organisation, global value chains, trade policy, and firm-level analysis. He holds a Master's degree from the Paris School of Economics in France and obtained his PhD in