Awards & Recognition
★New England Council's New Englander of the Year Award (2022)
★First Asian American to serve as U.S. Trade Representative
★First woman of color to serve as U.S. Trade Representative in 60-year history
★Unanimous Senate confirmation with no opposition (98-0 vote)
Notable Facts
→Served as 19th United States Trade Representative (2021-2025)
→Cabinet-level position in Biden Administration
→First Asian American and first woman of color to hold USTR position
→Fluent in Mandarin Chinese
→Yale University and Harvard Law School graduate
→Previously Chief Trade Counsel for House Ways and Means Committee
→Led worker-centered trade policy approach
→Played key role in USMCA negotiations
→Visited all 50 states as Trade Representative
→Now Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics