WASHINGTON - The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced that Matthew Jaffe will serve as Acting Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy Coordination. Mr. Jaffe most recently served as Senior Associate General Counsel in USTR’s Office of General Counsel.
“Matthew Jaffe is a long-serving and essential member of our team, and as Acting Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy Coordination, he will help us deliver on USTR’s strategic vision,” said United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. “I am deeply appreciative of Laura Buffo’s dedication during her rotation as Acting Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy Coordination and for her work and the team’s commitment in helping our agency deliver on its worker-centered, inclusive trade policy.”
The Office of Trade Policy Coordination (TPC) leads in executing USTR’s interagency authority in developing and coordinating the implementation of U.S. trade policy. TPC oversees an organization that consists of tiers of committees that constitute the principal mechanism for advising USTR as it develops and coordinates U.S. Government positions on international trade and trade-related investment issues. TPC is responsible for administering, convening, chairing, and coordinating the Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG) and the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), including policy papers and negotiating documents.
TPC responsibilities include coordinating internal and interagency drafting of USTR’s major reports and developing policy relating to and managing the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) program. In addition, TPC manages all Government Accountability Office engagements involving USTR and coordinates the agency’s clearance of all pending legislation and testimony before Congress and participation in the annual International Monetary Fund’s Article IV Surveillance consultations.
Matthew Jaffe, Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy Coordination
Matthew P. Jaffe is the Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy Coordination. He has been with USTR since December 2012 and serves as the Chair of the Interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee. He most recently served as Senior Associate General Counsel in USTR’s Office of General Counsel, where he represented the United States in dispute-related matters in the WTO and provided advice on legal aspects related to trade negotiations, implementation of trade agreements, and trade-related legislation.
From 1990 to 2012, he practiced international trade and customs law at private law firms, representing clients in trade remedy matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission and litigating appeals before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. From 1983 to 1990, he worked as an attorney advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration at the U.S. Department Commerce and in the Office of Administrative Law Judges at the U.S. International Trade Commission. From 1982 to 1983, he worked at the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and at the U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Undercover Activities of Components of the Department of Justice.
He holds a joint JD/MBA from the University of Denver and an undergraduate degree in political science and economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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