Many of USTR's senior officials are lawyers and economists with extensive backgrounds in trade law. The senior staff includes about 30 key officials appointed by the U.S. Trade Representative who supervise trade negotiations, monitor trade disputes, enforce laws, and keep a constant flow of communication with Congress, industry, nongovernmental organizations and the public on U.S. trade policy.
United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative
Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission, Geneva
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator
Chief of Staff
General Counsel
Other Senior Officials and Assistant U. S. Trade Representatives (AUSTR)
Fred Ames, AUSTR for Administration
Daniel Bahar, AUSTR for Services and Investment
Michael Beeman, AUSTR for Japan, Korea, and APEC
David Bisbee, Deputy Chief of Mission, Geneva
Julie Callahan, AUSTR for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy (Acting)
Karl Ehlers, AUSTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Jeff Emerson, AUSTR for Public & Media Affairs
Edward Gresser, AUSTR for Trade Policy and Economics
Constance Hamilton, AUSTR for Africa
Bill Jackson, AUSTR for Textiles
Christopher Jackson, AUSTR for Congressional Affairs
Daniel Lee, AUSTR for Innovation and Intellectual Property (Acting)
Terrence J. McCartin, AUSTR for China Affairs
Juan Millan, AUSTR for Monitoring and Enforcement
Kelly Milton, AUSTR for Environment & Natural Resources (Acting)
L. Daniel Mullaney, AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East
Maria Pagan, Deputy General Counsel
Jim Sanford, AUSTR for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness
Dawn Shackleford, AUSTR for WTO and Multilateral Affairs
Daniel Watson, AUSTR for the Western Hemisphere (Acting)
Christopher Wilson, AUSTR South and Central Asia
