Office of the United States Trade Representative
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Formed 1962 Preceding agency Office of the Special Trade Representative Headquarters Winder Building 600 17th St. NW Washington, D.C. Employees 200 Annual budget $54 million (FY 2016) Agency executives Katherine Tai , U.S. Trade RepresentativeVacant , Deputy U.S. Trade RepresentativeVacant , Deputy U.S. Trade RepresentativeVacant , Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (Geneva)Vacant , Chief Agriculture NegotiatorParent agency Executive Office of the President of the United States Website www .ustr .gov
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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
Portrait
Officeholder
Term start
Term end
President
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
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