USTR Review Team Includes AFL-CIO, USTR Alumni
The Joe Biden transition teams have been announced. The team that is communicating with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Commission and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency includes Democratic alumni; experts on trade, industrial policy and currency flows; and union critics of past free trade policy. The teams “are responsible for understanding the operations of each agency, ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and preparing for President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect [Kamala] Harris and their [C]abinet to hit the ground running on Day One,” the announcement said.
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Among the 15 members of the team are Julie Greene, director of mobilization at the AFL-CIO; former international trade director at the AFL-CIO, Celeste Drake; law professors Kathleen Claussen, from the University of Miami, and Mark Wu, from Harvard; think tank economists Brad Setser, from the Council on Foreign Relations, Todd Tucker, from the Roosevelt Institute, and Ryan Zamarripa, from the Center for American Progress; and former USTR associate general counsel Arun Venkataraman.