United States Trade Representative
- proper noun
- Formal
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Representante de Comercio de los Estados Unidos
- The United States Trade Representative (USTR) raised the highly contentious intellectual property rights (IPR) issue with China, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
- United States Trade Representative (USTR)
- office of the United States Trade Representative
Examples
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It is my understanding that there may be written interpretations to this effect operative in both the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Canadian Department.
Academic text (1997) -
Here we are all those years later, and the coalition for fair lumber imports, backed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), is breathing fire again about Canada's lumbering style.
Academic text (2000) -
According to the United States Trade Representative, 68% of U.S. GDP is accounted for by services.
Academic text (1990) -
And if one presents these issues to the United States Trade Representative or the Treasury as being market access service issues, then they will take it upon themselves to raise the issues with the foreign governments concerned.
Academic text (1997) -
These came as somewhat of a surprise to me when I first joined the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
Academic text (2000) -
Indeed, I think there is probably no better recent example of the intensity of these disputes and the amount of time that it takes up on the Canada/U.S. trade agenda than looking at the United States Trade Representative's recent 1997 Foreign Trade Barriers publication.
Academic text (1997) -
Although it now appears that the issue of sectoral coverage may be left up to the discretion of each contracting party, inclusion of financial services in GATS remains a top priority of the U.S. administration (more so within the office of the United States Trade Representative than within Treasury) and U.S. industry.
Academic text (1990) -
The United States Trade Representative plays a crucial role in negotiating trade agreements with other countries.
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The United States Trade Representative announced new tariffs on steel imports to protect American industries.
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President Biden's administration tasked the United States Trade Representative with improving trade relations with Europe.
Synonyms
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A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
united + state + trade + representative
The agency name is fully compositional: 'United States' identifies the nation, 'trade' specifies the domain, and 'representative' denotes an official who acts on behalf of others. This follows a common institutional naming pattern (nation + policy area + office), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
United States Trade Representative comes from the idea of a person who speaks for the United States about trade, acting as the country's representative in talks and negotiations. So today it means the government office or official who makes and speaks for the President's trade policy.