Policy & Leadership Development Conference 2018

Julia Doherty
Senior Director, SPS & Agricultural Affairs
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative


Ms. Julia Doherty is Senior Director in the Office of WTO and Multilateral Affairs of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Ms. Doherty is responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing U.S. trade policy on technical barriers to trade, including standards, conformity assessment procedures and technical regulations. She leads the United States delegation on matters related to technical barriers to trade in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and other international organizations. In 2011, Ms. Doherty served as the Chairman of the APEC Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance. In 2010, Ms. Doherty received the ANSI Chairman’s Award for her work leading the APEC Toy Safety Initiative. Prior to working on technical barriers to trade, Ms. Doherty coordinated U.S. trade policy on the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda of the World Trade Organization, including the WTO Ministerial meetings at Cancun and Hong Kong. She also worked on international economic issues at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and was responsible for spearheading the creation of an interagency system to assess sovereign credit risk. Prior to OMB, she worked for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and the investment bank of Kidder, Peabody & Co. She holds a Masters of Arts in Economics from the University of Maryland.

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