Amy Kreps

Amy Kreps currently serves as a Acting Assistant USTR for Environment and Natural Resources. In this role, she oversees trade and environment issues for USTR, including those related to trade agreement negotiations, monitoring and enforcement. She seeks to address unfair trade practices and reduce environment-related trade barriers in order to promote a level playing field for U.S. producers, manufacturers, fishers, and farmers. Prior to joining USTR in 2021, Ms. Kreps spent nine years at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA), where she covered a variety of market access and policy issues in the Office of China and Mongolia and the Office of Energy and Environmental Industries. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Carleton College, a graduate certificate in Chinese and American Studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, and an M.A. in International Relations focused on China and Southeast Asia from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).