Peter F. Allgeier is the Acting United States Trade Representative. As Deputy Trade Representative, he assumed that post on February 18, 2005 following the resignation of Robert Zoellick. He will serve as Acting Trade Representative until Rob Portman is confirmed for the permanent post.
He was born in Orange, New Jersey and is married to Marsha Uehara of Honolulu, Hawaii.
They have two sons and currently live in Falls Church, Virginia.
He graduated cum laude from Brown University with an A.B in international relations
and earned a Masters Degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
He joined the U.S. Trade Representative in June, 1980, as an international economist dealing with Asia, serving in 1981 as Director for Japanese Affairs. Between 1981 and 1985 he was Deputy Assistant Trade Representative for Asia and the Pacific . In 1985 he became Assistant
Trade Representative for Asia and the Pacific. In 1989 he became Deputy Assistant Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterrenean. In 1995 he was appointed Asociate U.S Trade
Representative for the the Western Hemisphere by USTR Mickey Kantor.
He has conducted major multilateral negotiations like the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
He was nominated by President George W. Bush as Deputy Trade Representative and confirmed by the Senate on May 26, 2001.
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