Charlene Barshefsky
| Charlene Barshefsky | |
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| United States Trade Representative | |
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In office April 12, 1996 – January 20, 2001 Acting: April 12, 1996 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Mickey Kantor |
| Succeeded by | Robert Zoellick |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 11, 1950 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) Catholic University (JD) |
Charlene Barshefsky (born August 11, 1950) served as United States Trade Representative, the country's top trade negotiator, from 1997 to 2001. She was the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 1993 to 1997. She is a partner at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She is also an advisor at Moelis & Company.
Barshefsky was raised in a Jewish family on the North Side of Chicago, to Gustave, a Polish immigrant and chemical engineer, who died in 1995, and Miriam, a Russian immigrant and retired substitute teacher. She has one brother, Alvin Barshefsky, and one sister, Annette Weinshank. In 1968, Barshefsky graduated from Von Steuben High School. In 1972, Barshefsky graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor's degree double majoring in English and Political Science. In 1975, she earned her J.D. from the Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America.
Barshefsky was nominated by former President Bill Clinton to serve as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative along with Rufus Yerxa and Richard W. Fisher. In 1999 she was the primary negotiator with China's Zhu Rongji, laying out the terms for China's eventual entry into the World Trade Organization in December 2001. Her negotiations have been analyzed in Harvard Business School case studies.
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