Former Ex-Im official picked to serve as deputy USTR already at the agency

Jeffrey Goettman, the former Export-Import Bank official nominated in early June to serve as deputy U.S. Trade Representative, is already at work at the agency while his confirmation process proceeds. According to his LinkedIn profile , Goettman began serving as a “counselor” to USTR Jamieson Greer in May. A June 12 post on X by the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council says he participated in a meeting with the group about “the importance of non-tariff barriers in negotiations, the needs of U.S...