Finance panel announces hearing for deputy USTR nominee Barloon

The Senate Finance Committee next week will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Joseph Barloon, a trade lawyer and former general counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, to be a deputy USTR and the U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization, panel chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) announced on Tuesday. Barloon, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, was nominated in February . He served as USTR’s general counsel from 2019-2021. He also served...