Wendy Cutler Explained
Wendy Cutler is an American diplomat currently serving as Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and managing director of its Washington D.C. office.[1] She also serves on the board of advisors for Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.[2]
Education
Cutler holds a BA in international relations from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in 1979 and a MA in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.[3]
Career
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.
Prior to her USTR service, Cutler worked for the Commerce Department on trade-related issues from 1983 to 1988.[4]
Cutler started her government career as a Presidential Management Fellow after completing her graduate studies in economics and trade at Georgetown.[5]
Publications
Reports
- 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]
Articles
- 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]
References
- Web site: Wendy Cutler . 2023-08-12 . Asia Society . en.
- Web site: Board of Advisers . 2024-02-01 . ISD . en-US.
- Web site: USTR - Wendy Cutler . 2023-08-12 . ustr.gov.
- Web site: Wendy Cutler . 2023-08-12 . ISD . en-US.
- Web site: 2020-10-30 . GWIKS Interview Series with Wendy Cutler (ESIA BA '79) . 2023-08-12 . GW Institute for Korean Studies . en-US.
- Web site: Cutler . Wendy . Wester . Shay . April 17, 2024 . Resilience & Resolve: Lessons from Lithuania's Experience with Chinese Economic Coercion . July 25, 2024 . Asia Society.
- Web site: Jump-starting U.S. Trade and Economic Engagement in the Indo-Pacific . 2023-12-13 . Asia Society . en.
- Web site: How Will the Next US President Tackle the China Economic Challenge? . 2024-04-07 . thediplomat.com . en-US.
- Web site: U.S. made the most of APEC given what it had to work with . 2023-12-13 . Nikkei Asia . en-GB.
- News: Juster . Kenneth I. . Kumar . Mohan . Cutler . Wendy . Forbes . Naushad . 2022-04-14 . It's Time for America and India to Talk Trade . en-US . Foreign Affairs . 2023-08-12 . 0015-7120.
- News: Cutler . Wendy . 2021-09-10 . America Must Return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership . en-US . Foreign Affairs . 2023-08-12 . 0015-7120.