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American trade official

Jamieson Greer
Greer in 2018

United States Trade Representative Presumptive nominee
Assuming office TBD
President	Donald Trump (elect)
Succeeding	Katherine Tai
Chief of Staff to the United States Trade Representative
In office May 15, 2017 – April 2020
President	Donald Trump
Representative	Robert Lighthizer

Personal details
Born	Jamieson Lee Greer 1979/1980 Paradise, California
Political party	Republican
Education	Brigham Young University (BA) Sciences Po (LLM) Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (LBM) University of Virginia (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	2008–2012
Rank	Captain
Unit	Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps
Battles/wars	Iraq War

Jamieson Lee Greer is an American attorney and Air Force veteran who is the presumptive nominee for United States Trade Representative in the Second Trump Administration. He previously served in the First Trump Administration as Chief of Staff to Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer from 2017 to 2020. Greer is currently a partner in international trade at King & Spalding. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Greer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and, if confirmed, he would be the first Mormon Cabinet-level officer since Mike Leavitt served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2009.

Early life and education

Jamieson Greer was born to Mike Greer, a Paradise Unified School District Trustee. He graduated from Paradise High School in Paradise, California, in 1998. He spent two years on mission in Brussels. He attended Brigham Young University where he majored in International relations. Greer pursued masters degrees from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sciences Po. He later attended the University of Virginia School of Law. Between September and December 2007, Greer worked as a law clerk for the European Court of Justice.

Military service

From 2008 to 2012, Greer served as an Officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. He served in Kansas, the Republic of Türkiye, and was deployed to Iraq where he served as chief of military justice. He was honorably discharged from service in 2012.

Career

After leaving the U.S. Air Force, Greer worked in private law firms specializing in trade law, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He represented U.S. Steel in a lawsuit against China. He is a partner in international trade at King & Spalding.

Chief of Staff to the Trade Representative

Greer served as the Chief of Staff to trade representative Robert Lighthizer between 2017 and 2020.

Trade Representative

In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump named Greer as his United States trade representative.

References

Benson, Samuel (November 27, 2024). "Trump nominates Latter-day Saint lawyer as his trade chief". Deseret News. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
^ "Paradise man has key role in US trade under Trump administration". Chico Enterprise-Record. April 20, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
https://www.kslaw.com/people/jamieson-greer
Cook, Nancy; Mohsin, Saleha; Hordern, Annmarie; Leonard, Jenny (November 26, 2024). "Trump Team Prepares to Announce Greer as US Trade Representative". Bloomberg News. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
^ Swanson, Ana (November 26, 2024). "Trump Selects Jamieson Greer as Trade Representative". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2024.

External links

Media related to Jamieson Greer at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded byKatherine Tai	United States Trade Representative 2025–	Succeeded byTBC

v t e United States trade representatives
Herter Roth Gilbert Eberle Dent Strauss Askew Brock Yeutter Hills Kantor Barshefsky Zoellick Portman Schwab Kirk Froman Lighthizer Tai

Second cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump (incoming 2025)

Cabinet
Vice President	JD Vance (incoming 2025)
Secretary of State	Marco Rubio*
Secretary of the Treasury	Scott Bessent*
Secretary of Defense	Pete Hegseth*
Attorney General	Pam Bondi*
Secretary of the Interior	Doug Burgum*
Secretary of Agriculture	Brooke Rollins*
Secretary of Commerce	Howard Lutnick*
Secretary of Labor	Lori Chavez-DeRemer*
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.*
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Scott Turner*
Secretary of Transportation	Sean Duffy*
Secretary of Energy	Chris Wright*
Secretary of Education	Linda McMahon*
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Doug Collins*
Secretary of Homeland Security	Kristi Noem*

Cabinet-level
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Lee Zeldin*
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Russell Vought*
Director of National Intelligence	Tulsi Gabbard*
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	John Ratcliffe*
Trade Representative	Jamieson Greer*
Ambassador to the United Nations	Elise Stefanik*
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Stephen Miran*
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Kelly Loeffler*
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Michael Kratsios*
White House Chief of Staff	Susie Wiles (incoming 2025)

*Pending Senate confirmation
See also: Political appointments of the second Trump administration

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