Wendy Cutler is Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the managing director of the Washington, D.C. office. She joined ASPI after nearly three decades as a diplomat and negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), where she served as Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. During her USTR career, she worked on a range of bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and initiatives, including the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), U.S.-China negotiations, and the WTO Financial Services negotiations.
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Recent Posts
Rexon Ryu interviewed on CNBC Live on Iran war impacts
March 3, 2026
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Rexon Ryu, President of The Asia Group, says the US administration appears to have seen a window of opportunity to ...
Han Lin in The New York Times: ‘The U.S. trade war compresses the very profits Chinese industry needs to fund the green-energy transition that would reduce Middle East exposure’
March 2, 2026
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George Chen in CNBC: ‘Investors should manage their expectations on what Trump can achieve for his China trip — if he still goes’
March 2, 2026
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George Chen shares remarks with Bloomberg on U.S.-China relations following Iran strike
March 1, 2026
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Instability in Iran will likely further entrench China’s relations with Russia, as Xi seeks to lock down oil supplies, Chen ...