Wendy Cutler is an American diplomat currently serving as Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and managing director of its Washington D.C. office.[1] She also serves on the board of advisors for Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.[2]
Wendy Cutler | |
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 The Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Ms. Wendy Cutler meeting the Union Commerce Secretary Shri Rajeev Kher, in New Delhi on September 17, 2014 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | George Washington University (BA), Georgetown University (MA) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Employer | Asia Society |
Education
editCutler holds a BA in international relations from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in 1979 and a MA in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.[3]
Career
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Cutler joined the Asia Society in November 2015 following a near 30-year career as a diplomat and negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), where she also served as Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative.[4]
Cutler worked on a range of negotiations and initiatives related to the Asia-Pacific, including the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.-China trade relations, the WTO Financial Services negotiations, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, and the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum.[1][4]
Prior to her USTR service, Cutler worked for the Commerce Department on trade-related issues from 1983 to 1988.[4][3]
Cutler started her government career as a Presidential Management Fellow after completing her graduate studies in economics and trade at Georgetown.[5]
Publications
editReports
edit- Resilience & Resolve: Lessons from Lithuania's Experience with Chinese Economic Coercion, Asia Society, April 17, 2024 (co-authored with Shay Wester)[6]
- Jump-starting U.S. Trade and Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific, Asia Society, September 13, 2023[7]
Articles
edit- How Will the Next US President Tackle the China Economic Challenge? The Diplomat, April 1, 2024[8]
- U.S. made the most of APEC given what it had to work with, Nikkei Asia, November 27, 2023[9]
- It's Time for America and India to Talk Trade, Foreign Affairs, April 14, 2022 (co-authored with Kenneth I. Juster, Mohan Kumar, and Naushad Forbes)[10]
- America Must Return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2021[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Wendy Cutler". Asia Society. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Board of Advisers". ISD. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ a b "USTR - Wendy Cutler". ustr.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ a b c "Wendy Cutler". ISD. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "GWIKS Interview Series with Wendy Cutler (ESIA BA '79)". GW Institute for Korean Studies. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Cutler, Wendy; Wester, Shay (April 17, 2024). "Resilience & Resolve: Lessons from Lithuania's Experience with Chinese Economic Coercion". Asia Society. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Jump-starting U.S. Trade and Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific". Asia Society. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ "How Will the Next US President Tackle the China Economic Challenge?". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "U.S. made the most of APEC given what it had to work with". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Juster, Kenneth I.; Kumar, Mohan; Cutler, Wendy; Forbes, Naushad (2022-04-14). "It's Time for America and India to Talk Trade". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Cutler, Wendy (2021-09-10). "America Must Return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-08-12.