Wendy Cutler

Cutler joined the Asia Society in November 2015 following a near 30-year career as a diplomat and negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), where she also served as Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative.^[4]

Cutler worked on a range of negotiations and initiatives related to the Asia-Pacific, including the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.-China trade relations, the WTO Financial Services negotiations, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, and the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum.^[1][4]

Prior to her USTR service, Cutler worked for the Commerce Department on trade-related issues from 1983 to 1988.^[4][3]

Cutler started her government career as a Presidential Management Fellow after completing her graduate studies in economics and trade at Georgetown.^[5]

• Resilience & Resolve: Lessons from Lithuania's Experience with Chinese Economic Coercion, Asia Society, April 17, 2024 (co-authored with Shay Wester)^[6]
• Jump-starting U.S. Trade and Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific, Asia Society, September 13, 2023^[7]

• How Will the Next US President Tackle the China Economic Challenge? The Diplomat, April 1, 2024^[8]
• U.S. made the most of APEC given what it had to work with, Nikkei Asia, November 27, 2023^[9]
• It's Time for America and India to Talk Trade, Foreign Affairs, April 14, 2022 (co-authored with Kenneth I. Juster, Mohan Kumar, and Naushad Forbes)^[10]
• America Must Return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2021^[11]