The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) was created by Congress in 1962 and authorized to negotiate trade agreements for the United States. In 1974, Congress established the office as a Cabinet-level agency within the Executive Office of the President and gave it additional powers for coordinating trade policy. The U.S. Trade Representative is Robert Zoellick.

USTR maintains a 24 person office in Geneva to represent the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and to participate in the international trade negotiations which take place in Geneva. It is also responsible for discussions on trade and negotiations on internationally traded commodities in the framework of UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development). The office is headed by Ambassador Linnet F. Deily, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization.

The USTR office is not located in the same building as the U.S. Mission, but in the "Botanic Building" near the WTO.

Internet
www.ustr.gov
Statements and press releases can be found on the USTR homepage in Washington

In addition, statements and press releases issued in Geneva are available on the homepage of the U.S. Mission
www.itu.int/MISSIONS/US

Address
USTR
1-3 avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
tel. 749.5214
fax: 749.5308