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Trump picks trade attorney for Commerce enforcement and compliance slot

November 1, 2017 at 8:13 AM
President Trump plans to nominate trade attorney Jeffrey Kessler to be assistant Commerce secretary for enforcement and compliance, the White House announced on Tuesday. Kessler is an attorney in the international trade, investment and market access group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. The White House said Kessler has “represented United States manufacturers in domestic trade remedy proceedings, helping them obtain relief from unfair foreign trade practices. Mr. Kessler has also been involved in litigating several high-profile World...


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