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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
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
Chief of Staff and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy Chief of Staff
Counselor to the United States Trade Representative
General Counsel
Senior Counselor to the USTR
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
Michael J. Delaney, TPSC Chairman and Special Trade Representative for Post-Conflict Countries
Edward Gresser, AUSTR for Trade Policy Economics
Bill Jackson, AUSTR for Textiles
Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, AUSTR for Agricultural Affairs
Mark Linscott, AUSTR for Central and South Asia
Probir Mehta, AUSTR for Innovation and Intellectual Property
John Melle, AUSTR for Americas
Juan Millan, AUSTR for Monitoring and Enforcement
L. Daniel Mullaney, AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East
Jennifer Prescott, AUSTR for Environment & Natural Resources
Jim Sanford, AUSTR for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness
Dawn Shackleford, AUSTR for WTO and Multilateral Affairs
Bradford Ward, Director, Interagency Trade Enforcement Center
Barbara Weisel, AUSTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Christopher Wilson, Deputy Chief of Mission, Geneva