Katherine Tai

Katherine Chi Tai (born 1974/1975[1]) is an American attorney who serves as the chief trade counsel for the United States House Committee on Ways and Means. President Joe Biden has nominated her as United States Trade Representative, a position subject to Senate confirmation.[2]

Katherine Tai
戴琪
United States Trade Representative
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingRobert Lighthizer
Personal details
Born1974/1975 (age 45–46)[1]
Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Chinese name
Chinese戴琪

Early life and education

Tai was born in Connecticut and grew up in Washington, D.C., where she attended Sidwell Friends School.[3] Her parents, who were both born in mainland China,[4] grew up in Taiwan and later immigrated to the United States.[5][6] Tai graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[7] She taught English at Sun Yat-sen University as a Yale-China Fellow for two years.[8] After college, she worked for several law firms, including Baker McKenzie and Miller & Chevalier, and clerked for U.S. District Courts in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.[9]

Career

From 2007 to 2014, Tai served in the Trade Representative's Office of General Counsel, becoming chief counsel for China trade enforcement from 2011 until her departure.[10] At the Office of General Counsel, she worked on trade cases at the World Trade Organization.[11] In 2014, she became trade counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee. She was named chief trade counsel in 2017.[10]

During Tai's tenure with the Committee on Ways and Means, she played a significant role in the House's negotiations with the Trump administration regarding the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA),[9][12] advocating for stronger labor provisions.[8] The Associated Press has described her as a "problem-solving pragmatist on trade policy".[13]

Personal life

Tai is fluent in Mandarin.[9][12][14]

See also

References
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  3. "Katherine Tai". US-China Business Council. January 22, 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  4. Shalal, Andrea (December 11, 2020). "Biden's trade nominee has family roots in both Taiwan and China". Reuters.
  5. TaiwanNews. "Taiwanese-American Katherine Tai expected to be nominated as US trade envoy". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  6. "拜登找台裔戴琪出任美國貿易代表 雙親來自台灣 | 國際 | 重點新聞 | 中央社 CNA". www.cna.com.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  7. "Neal Announces New Ways and Means Democratic Chief Trade Counsel". House Ways and Means Committee. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  8. Wang, Amy B.; Lynch, David J. (December 9, 2020). "Biden selects Katherine Tai as U.S. trade representative". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  9. Bade, Gavin (February 1, 2021). "At USTR, a straight-shooter will have to navigate Biden's old guard in Washington". POLITICO. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  10. Merica, Dan; Saenz, Arlette; Zeleny, Jeff (December 9, 2020). "Biden expected to nominate Katherine Tai to serve as US Trade Representative". CNN. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  11. Lawder, David; Shalal, Andrea (November 25, 2020). "Lawyer Katherine Tai a Congress favorite for Biden trade czar". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  12. Bade, Gavin; Pager, Tyler; Rodriguez, Sabrina (December 9, 2020). "Biden to name Hill staffer Katherine Tai for top trade job". Politico. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  13. Miller, Zeke; Wiseman, Paul (December 9, 2020). "AP sources: Biden to pick Katherine Tai as top trade envoy". AP News. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  14. Swanson, Ana (December 9, 2020). "Biden Picks Katherine Tai as Trade Representative". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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