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View allZhiyao (Lucy) Lu was a research analyst at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from March 2016 to February 2019. She worked with Reginald Jones Senior Fellow Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Senior Fellow Jeffery J. Schott on international trade. Lu graduated from the College of William and Mary in January 2016, where she majored in economics and mathematics. She is a native speaker of Chinese.