The President announced today his intention to nominate Rufus Yerxa and Charlene Barshefsky as Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives, and his approval of the appointment by Ambassador Mickey Kantor of the following:
Ira Shapiro, General Counsel
Nancy LeaMond, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs
Anne Luzzatto, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs
Debbie Shon, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Ellen Frost, Counselor
Howard Reed, Special Counsel for Financial and Investment Policy
Tom Nides, Special Counsel for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
"We are at a key moment in the history of American trade policy," said the President. "Rufus Yerxa, Charlene Barshefsky, and the outstanding team that Ambassador Kantor has put together will work hard to make sure that we do not miss the opportunities that lay ahead of us."
NOTE: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of the Press Secretary.
William J. Clinton, Nomination for the Office of the United States Trade Representative Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/219282