Katherine Tai
Katherine Tai | |||||||||
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戴琪 | |||||||||
Official portrait, 2021 | |||||||||
| 19th United States Trade Representative | |||||||||
| In office March 18, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |||||||||
| President | Joe Biden | ||||||||
| Deputy | Sarah Bianchi Jayme White | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Lighthizer | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jamieson Greer | ||||||||
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| Born | Katherine Chi Tai March 18, 1974 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||
| Party | Democratic | ||||||||
| Spouse | Robert Skidmore | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 戴琪 | ||||||||
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Katherine Chi Tai (Chinese: 戴琪 ; born March 18, 1974) is an American lawyer who served as the 19th United States Trade Representative in the Biden administration from March 18, 2021, to January 20, 2025. The daughter of Taiwanese American immigrants, she is the first Asian American to serve in the position. Tai is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as the chief trade counsel for the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.