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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Ira S. Shapiro |
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, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | U Ole Polecat
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| Info | During the Clinton Administration, he served as the General Counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and played a key role in completing the negotiations on the Uruguay Round which established the WTO global trade rules, and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). As the chief U.S. trade negotiator with Japan and Canada, Ambassador Shapiro negotiated solutions to several of the most contentious bilateral trade disputes, helping to open the Japanese market to U.S. autos and auto parts, semiconductors and insurance. Ira spent twelve years in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate, including Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Governmental Affairs Committee and Chief of Staff to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV. He has also served as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank.
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