Office of the United States Trade Representative

Office of the United States Trade Representative

Seal of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Flag of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Agency overview
Formed	1962
Preceding agency	Office of the Special Trade Representative
Headquarters	Winder Building 600 17th St. NW Washington, D.C.
Employees	200
Annual budget	$73 million (FY 2021)
Agency executive	Katherine Tai, Trade Representative
Parent agency	Executive Office of the President of the United States
Website	ustr.gov

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting United States foreign trade policies.^[1] Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is headed by the U.S. Trade Representative, a Cabinet-level position that serves as the United States president's primary advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade matters. USTR has more than two hundred employees, with offices in Geneva, Switzerland, and Brussels, Belgium.

USTR was established as the Office of the Special Trade Representative (STR) by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, leads trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinates trade policy with other government agencies through the Trade Policy Committee^[2] (TPC), Trade Policy Committee Review Group^[3] (TPCRG), and Trade Policy Staff Committee^[4] (TPSC). Its areas of expertise include foreign direct investment, commodity agreements, trade-related intellectual property protection, and trade disputes before the World Trade Organization. Based in Washington, D.C., Katherine Tai is the current United States Trade Representative.