[CTC] U.S. will send its ambassador to Chile to trade summit

[Arthur Stamoulis]

INSIDE US TRADE
 
 
U.S. will send its ambassador to Chile to trade summit
 
March 7, 2017
The U.S. will be represented at a trade summit in Chile next week by Carol Perez, the U.S. ambassador to the country, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The March 14-15 “High-level Dialogue in Integration Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges and Opportunities” will include all signatories of the Trans-Pacific Partnership plus China, South Korea and Colombia.

The U.S. had been expected by some observers to send the acting USTR.

Perez, a career member of the Foreign Service, was confirmed by the Senate in July 2016 as ambassador to Chile, according to the State Department. She took office in September.

A private-sector source closely following trade issues called the pick “disappointing,”

"The point is to demonstrate continued interest in regional economic architecture so the southeast Asians don’t think we’re abandoning them,” the source said, adding that sending an ambassador “doesn't punch that ticket.”

Instead, the source said, the U.S. should dispatch someone from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.


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