Office of the United States Trade RepresentativeGovernment

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It is responsible for developing and recommending national trade policy to the President, leading bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, and enforcing international trade agreements. Created under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 as the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, it was formally reorganized and received its current title in 1980.