USTR



         




The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government. It is responsible the United States' international trade policy, at unilateral, bilateral or multilateral levels.

The head of the office holds the title of United States Trade Representative, which is a Cabinet-level position (though not technically within the Cabinet). The position is currently held by Ambassador Robert Zoellick.

The views of the USTR tend to reflect those of large American corporations.

Since the early 1980s, the USTR has played a key role in the expansion of intellectual property laws worldwide.

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List of United States Trade Representatives


Name From To Appointed by
Christian A. Herter 1962 1966 John F. Kennedy
William M. Roth 1967 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Carl J. Gilbert 1969 1971 Richard M. Nixon
William D. Eberle 1971 1975 Richard M. Nixon
Frederick B. Dent 1975 1977 Gerald Ford
Robert S. Strauss 1977 1979 Jimmy Carter
Reubin O'Donovan Askew 1979 1981 Jimmy Carter
William E. Brock III 1981 1985 Ronald Reagan
Clayton K. Yeutter 1985 1989 Ronald Reagan
Carla A. Hills 1989 1993 George H. W. Bush
Mickey Kantor 1993 1997 Bill Clinton
Charlene Barshefsky 1997 2001 Bill Clinton
Robert B. Zoellick 2001 present George W. Bush


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