Ways and Means Democrats Name New Chief Trade Counsel
Katherine Tai has been named chief Democratic trade counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee, the panel’s ranking member, Richard Neal, D-Mass., announced. Tai has been a trade counsel for the committee since 2014, after working in the Office…
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of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office of General Counsel from 2007 to 2014, including as chief counsel for China trade enforcement from 2011 to 2014. “Katherine has proven she has the knowledge and experience to tackle and understand our nation’s most pressing trade issues,” Neal said in a statement. “I am confident she will play an important part in helping Democrats improve our nation’s trade policy in the years ahead.” Committee Democrats announced the departure of former chief Democratic trade counsel Jason Kearns on July 28. President Donald Trump on June 29 nominated Kearns to be a commissioner on the International Trade Commission (see 1706290057).