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Wendy Cutler

Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office

Wendy Cutler is Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the managing director of the Washington, D.C. office. In these roles, she focuses on leading initiatives that address challenges related to trade, investment, and innovation, as well as women’s empowerment in Asia. She joined ASPI following an illustrious career of nearly three decades 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. During her USTR career, she worked on a range of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade negotiations and initiatives, including the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.-China negotiations, and the WTO Financial Services negotiations. She has published a series of ASPI papers on the Asian trade landscape and serves as a regular media commentator on trade and investment developments in Asia and the world. 

Reports

  • Trade TPP
    report

    Reimagining the TPP: Revisions that Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry

    A new report published by the Asia Society Policy Institute proposes modifications and updates that could make possible a United States return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, now known as the CPTPP.
  • Trade Coercion
    report

    Responding to Trade Coercion: A Growing Threat to the Global Trading System

    The Asia Society Policy Institute and the Perth USAsia Centre published a joint report on trade coercion offering ten policy options for governments to consider.
  • ASPI Notes
    report

    ASPI Notes for the Biden Administration

    Creative and practical ideas for how the United States might re-engage in the Asia Pacific in the critical first six months of the new administration.
  • TPP Roadmap
    report

    Reengaging the Asia-Pacific on Trade: A TPP Roadmap for the Next U.S. Administration

    Wendy Cutler lays out a roadmap for the next U.S. administration to reengage with the TPP.
  • Aluminum factory workers
    report

    Curbing State-Driven Trade Policies

    How can international trade rules better address the trade distortions presented by industrial subsidies and other forms of state aid?

Commentary

ASEAN EFL Delegation group photo at Asia Society NY
article

2022 ASEAN’s Emerging Female Trade Leaders Program

ASPI hosted the 2022 ASEAN's Emerging Female Leaders Program from September 26th - October 5th, 2022.
US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity at the Izumi Garden Gallery in Tokyo on May 23, 2022.
article

ASPI Note: Biden's Blueprint for Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific

What to know about the recently released Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is talking to media briefing after an EU-China Summit on June 22, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium.
article

ASPI Note: The EU-China April Fools’ Day Summit and What Comes Next

What to know about the EU-China Summit.
WTO
article

No Longer Business as Usual at the World Trade Organization

Wendy Cutler and Amb. Rufus Yerxa write in The National Interest on the implications for the invasion of Ukraine for the WTO.
01.25.22 Speakers
article

Moving Forward at the WTO

Experts, including WTO Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard, discuss the way forward on critical trade issues following the postponement of the World Trade Organization 12th Ministerial Conference.
Biden at podium
article

Biden’s Asia Policy, One Year In

Danny Russel and Wendy Cutler write in The Diplomat about the Biden Administration’s policy towards Asia and the Indo-Pacific during its first year.
Wendy Culter
speech

Wendy Cutler's House Testimony on Digital Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific

Cutler discusses the importance of a bold and impactful U.S. economic agenda for the Indo-Pacific region.
Blinken Indo-Pacific Strategy
article

The Needle Biden Must Thread: How To Compete in Asia Without a New Trade Deal

Wendy Cutler writes in Barron's on the need for a strong economic component to Biden's Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Cargo Ship_Bow View
article

Trade Coercion Presents a Growing Threat to the Global Economy

Wendy Cutler and Jeffrey Wilson write in Nikkei Asia about the dangers coercive trade practices present to the global trading system.

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