Miriam Sapiro

Miriam Sapiro
United States Trade Representative
Acting
In office
May 23, 2013 – June 21, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyMichael Punke
Preceded byDemetrios Marantis (Acting)
Succeeded byMichael Froman
Deputy United States Trade Representative
In office
December 12, 2009 – February 26, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMichael Punke
Personal details
Born (1960-08-23) August 23, 1960 (age 64)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWilliams College (BA)
New York University (JD)
St Antony's College, Oxford (MA)

Miriam Elizabeth Sapiro (born 1960) served as the Deputy Trade Representative under Ron Kirk and became the acting Trade Representative on May 23, 2013.[1][2] A former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Sapiro served as well in the State Department and on the National Security Council under Presidents Reagan, Bush[which?] and Clinton.[3][4]

Following her tenure in the Obama administration, Sapiro was appointed partner at Finsbury and later the Head of the DC Office and SVP of public affairs at Sard Verbinnen & Co.[5] Currently, Sapiro is a member of the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Communications & Information Policy.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, Acting USTR | Office of the United States Trade Representative". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. ^ "Sapiro Moving Up to be Acting Trade Rep". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Meet the Women of the Administration: Miriam Sapiro". 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Oral Testimony of Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro Before the House Committee on Small Business | United States Trade Representative".
  5. ^ "Amb. Miriam Sapiro".
  6. ^ "Timing of Trump's latest tariff threat against China is 'especially unfortunate': Former US deputy trade rep". CNBC. 6 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Former Acting and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Outlines Why USMCA Warrants Bipartisan Support" (Press release).