Sae Kobayashi

Sae is a Master’s International Policy Class of ’25 at Stanford. With a profound interest in economic security and trade policies, She recently earned her LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in international trade law and conducting extensive research on investment screening as her final project. Sae aims to broaden her knowledge of cyber and tech policy at Stanford.

Prior to her Master’s program, Sae served for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan she was in charge of international trade affairs such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), G20 and G7. Sae previously interned with the WTO, writing a trade policy report on China and the Economic Section at the Embassy of Japan in the US as well as several think tanks to delve deeper into her subject of expertise.

Sae holds a B.A. from Keio University, Faculty of Law in Japan, and completed a year-long exchange program focusing on political science and anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.