Maria Pagan

María Pagán
María Pagán
Acting United States Trade Representative
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Robert Lighthizer
	In office; January 20, 2017 – March 2, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Michael Froman
Succeeded by	Stephen Vaughn (acting)
Personal details
Born	Puerto Rico
Education	Tufts University (BA); Georgetown University (MA, JD)

María L. Pagán (also spelled as Maria Pagan) is the current Deputy General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), giving legal advice about trade negotiations, agreements, and regulations.[1] During the transition from the Obama to the Trump governments, she served as the acting United States Trade Representative.[2] On January 20, 2021, she once again assumed the position of acting United States Trade Representative.[3]

Born in Puerto Rico, Pagán graduated from Georgetown University. After being a legal adviser at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 1993 to 2003, Pagán has been working at the USTR. She had a leading role in several trade negotiation teams.[4][1]

References

"Maria Pagan, Deputy General Counsel". ustr.gov. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
"Maria Pagan assumes acting USTR role; Tim Reif to advise Lighthizer". InsideTrade.com. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
"President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership". The White House. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
For example, she was the leader of the Negotiating Group on Dispute Settlement in negotiations Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), see "U.S. government negotiating team for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)" (PDF). Office of the United States Trade Representative. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Michael Froman	United States Trade Representative Acting 2017	Succeeded by Stephen Vaughn Acting

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[ustr-bio-1] "Maria Pagan, Deputy General Counsel". ustr.gov. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

[2] "Maria Pagan assumes acting USTR role; Tim Reif to advise Lighthizer". InsideTrade.com. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-02-11.

[3] "President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership". The White House. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-23.

[4] For example, she was the leader of the Negotiating Group on Dispute Settlement in negotiations Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), see "U.S. government negotiating team for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)" (PDF). Office of the United States Trade Representative. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2017.