Donald Trump (R) announced on Nov. 26, 2024, that he had selected Jamieson Greer as his nominee for U.S. trade representative. This position requires Senate confirmation. In a statement, Trump said, “Jamieson will focus the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on reining in the Country’s massive Trade Deficit, defending American Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Services, and opening up Export Markets everywhere.”
Greer received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and worked in private practice with a focus on trade law. He served as chief of staff to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during Trump’s first presidential term. Following his position as an official in the Trump administration, he began working as a partner at King & Spalding, where he “covers trade remedies, trade policy and negotiations, trade agreement enforcement, export and import compliance, and CFIUS matters.” Greer also served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Greer was Trump’s 22nd announced Cabinet nominee. Trump made the announcement 21 days after election day, the fastest announcement for a U.S. trade representative nominee across the last four presidential transitions. In 2016, Trump announced his pick for the position 56 days after election day. President Joe Biden (D) announced his U.S. trade representative pick 37 days after the 2020 election, and former President Barack Obama (D) announced his U.S. trade representative pick 45 days after election day.
As of Nov. 26, 2024, 21 days after election day, Trump has announced 22 Cabinet-level nominees so far. At this point after election day, Biden had announced five Cabinet-level positions in 2020, Trump had announced seven in 2016, and Obama had announced three in 2008.
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