BUSH NOMINATES NEW AGRICULTURE TRADE NEGOTIATOR
News Date April 02, 2008
President Bush announced March 26 that he intends to nominate Ellen Terpstra to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), with the rank of ambassador. Terpstra currently serves as deputy under secretary of Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at USDA.
As chief agricultural negotiator, Terpstra will replace Dr. Richard Crowder and will be responsible for directing U.S. agricultural trade negotiations. At the multilateral level, she will work closely with Dr. Joe Glauber, who will continue in his role as U.S. Special Doha Envoy.
Terpstra was previously the head of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and also served in the USTR Office as a trade negotiator and policy coordinator. Her private sector experience includes work as president and chief executive officer of the USA Rice Federation and president of the U.S. Apple Association. (Contact: Charlie Ingram)