Huidan Xue holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Food Business from the School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology. Prior to joining Beijing University of Technology, she served as an Economic Affairs Intern in the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division at United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and The Pacific (2018), an Economic and Social Affairs Intern at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Subregional Office for South and South-West (2019), and a Regional Trade officer at the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the People's Republic of China (2020–2021). Her current research interests are in the areas of price transmission, international trade and food system.