United States Trade Representative
The Office of the Trade Representative of the United States (English Office of the United States Trade Representative , USTR , former Office of the Special Trade Representative ) is under the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and is part of the Executive Office of the President . It is responsible for the United States' international trade policy.
The Trade Representative is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate and has cabinet rank .
Special 301 Report
Since the early 1980s, the Trade Representative has played an important role in the expansion of intellectual property rights around the world and monitors the steps other governments are taking to protect intellectual property. The trade representative publishes the annual Special 301 Report , which examines the effectiveness of intellectual property rights in other countries. The countries are divided into the categories Priority Watch List , Watch List and / or Section 306 Monitoring . The legal basis is Pub.L. 93-618, 19 USC § 2242.
List of commercial agents
Surname | from | to | appointed by |
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Christian Archibald Herter | 1962 | 1966 | John F. Kennedy |
William Matson Roth | 1967 | 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Carl Joyce Gilbert | 1969 | 1971 | Richard Nixon |
William Denman Eberle | 1971 | 1975 | Richard Nixon |
Frederick Baily Dent | 1975 | 1977 | Gerald Ford |
Robert Schwarz Strauss | 1977 | 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
Reubin O'Donovan Askew | 1979 | 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
William Emerson Brock | 1981 | 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
Clayton Keith Yeutter | 1985 | 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
Carla Anderson Hills | 1989 | 1993 | George Bush |
Michael Kantor | 1993 | 1997 | Bill Clinton |
Charlene Barshefsky | 1997 | 2001 | Bill Clinton |
Robert Bruce Zoellick | 2001 | 2005 | George W. Bush |
Peter F. Allgeier (acting) | 2005 | 2005 | George W. Bush |
Robert Jones Portman | 2005 | 2006 | George W. Bush |
Susan C. Schwab | 2006 | 2009 | George W. Bush |
Ronald Kirk | 2009 | 2013 | Barack Obama |
Michael Froman | 2013 | 2017 | Barack Obama |
María Pagán (acting) | 2017 | 2017 | Donald Trump |
Stephen Vaughn (acting) | 2017 | 2017 | Donald Trump |
Robert Lighthizer | 2017 | Donald Trump |