Office of the United States Trade Representative
Appearance
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Formed | 1962 |
Preceding agency |
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Headquarters | Winder Building 600 17th St. NW Washington, D.C. |
Employees | 200 |
Annual budget | $54 million (FY 2016) |
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Parent agency | Executive Office of the President of the United States |
Website | www |
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is the United States government agency responsible for developing and recommending United States trade policy to the President of the United States.
It makes trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinating trade policy within the government through the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) and Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG).
List of United States Trade Representatives
[change | change source]Portrait | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | President |
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Christian Herter | December 10, 1962 | December 30, 1966 | John F. Kennedy | |
Lyndon Johnson | ||||
William Roth | March 24, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | ||
Carl Gilbert | August 6, 1969 | September 21, 1971 | Richard Nixon | |
William Eberle | November 12, 1971 | December 24, 1974 | ||
Frederick Dent | March 26, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford | |
Robert Strauss | March 30, 1977 | August 17, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
Reubin Askew | October 1, 1979 | December 31, 1980 | ||
Bill Brock | January 23, 1981 | April 29, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | |
Clayton Yeutter | July 1, 1985 | January 20, 1989 | ||
Carla Hills | February 6, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | |
Mickey Kantor | January 22, 1993 | April 12, 1996 | Bill Clinton | |
Charlene Barshefsky Acting: 1996–1997 |
April 12, 1996 | January 20, 2001 | ||
Robert Zoellick | February 7, 2001 | February 22, 2005 | George W. Bush | |
Peter Allgeier Acting |
February 23, 2005 | May 16, 2005 | ||
Rob Portman | May 17, 2005 | May 29, 2006 | ||
Susan Schwab | June 8, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | ||
Peter Allgeier Acting |
January 21, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
Ron Kirk | March 18, 2009 | March 15, 2013 | ||
Demetrios Marantis Acting |
March 15, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | ||
Miriam Sapiro Acting |
May 23, 2013 | June 21, 2013 | ||
Michael Froman | June 21, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
Maria Pagan Acting |
January 20, 2017 | March 1, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
Stephen Vaughn Acting |
March 2, 2017 | May 15, 2017 | ||
Robert Lighthizer | May 15, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | ||
Maria Pagan Acting |
January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
Katherine Tai | March 18, 2021 | Incumbent | ||
Jamieson Greer (nominee) | TBD | Donald Trump |
References
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