CSUSTL 2024 Roundtable Speaker Series Concludes with Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Trade Representative, Juan Millán in Washington DC November Event

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CSUSTL conducted its third and final roundtable conversation for 2024 with senior officials responsible for administering and overseeing U.S. trade policy and trade enforcement with a November 21st event featuring the acting General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Juan Millán. 

Mr. Millán spoke with representatives from the U.S. manufacturing, agriculture, and commercial fishing sectors in a morning session hosted at the offices of Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP in Washington DC.  Much of the conversation focused on the U.S. government’s achievements in building support for the nation’s trade policy priorities with aligned trading partners, particularly with respect to developing multilateral strategies for improving labor and environmental conditions in foreign supply chains.

In addition to serving as Acting General Counsel, Mr. Millán currently also is the USTR’s Acting Chief Transparency Officer.  Prior to taking on these responsibilities, Mr. Millán worked for the USTR as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel before becoming moving to Geneva, Switzerland with the U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization for eight years.  Mr. Millán then served as the USTR’s Deputy General Counsel for Monitoring and Enforcement.

CSUSTL’s roundtable series this year began in February with a session with Ryan Majerus, who has been performing the non-exclusive duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance at the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.  In April, CSUSTL also hosted a roundtable featuring the then-Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, Commissioner David Johanson.

As with the previous installments of CSUSTL’s 2024 roundtable series, the November event with Mr. Millán was attended by CSUSTL Executive Committee members, general CSUSTL membership, and invited guests.

CSUSTL will continue the annual roundtable series in 2025.  Further information on the Speaker Series, and future sessions, can be obtained by contacting CSUSTL’s Director for Policy Advocacy, Caroline Vilchez, at cvilchez@genesisgroupllc.com.