Joseph Barloon
Joseph Barloon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| United States Deputy Trade Representative | |
| Assumed Office October 14, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
Representative | Jamieson Greer |
| Preceded by | Maria Pagan |
| Acting August 2020 – January 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
Representative | Robert Lighthizer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Leo Barloon 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Education | |
Joseph Leo Barloon[1] (born 1967)[2] is an American lawyer and professor who is the United States Deputy Trade Representative since October 2025, having previously acted in the position from 2020 to 2021.
Education
[edit]Barloon graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1989 and obtained an MA from the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996.[3]
Career
[edit]Barloon clerked for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1996 to 1997.
He served as General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative from 2019 to 2021, and also served as the acting United States Deputy Trade Representative from 2020 to 2021.[3] He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a judge on the United States Court of International Trade in November 2020,[4] but his nomination was withdrawn by President Joe Biden in January 2021.[5]
Barloon was nominated by Trump to be United States Deputy Trade Representative in February 2025[6] and was confirmed by a 51–47 party-line vote in the Senate on October 7, 2025.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Georgetown University Faculty Directory". gufaculty360.georgetown.edu. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ Voruganti, Harsh (December 3, 2020). "Joseph Barloon – Nominee to the U.S. Court of International Trade". The Vetting Room. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ a b "Joseph L. Barloon | Professionals | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP". www.skadden.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees – The White House". trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "PN25 - Nomination of Joseph L. Barloon for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "PN25-4 - Nomination of Joseph Barloon for Executive Office of the President, 119th Congress (2025-2026)". www.congress.gov. February 11, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "POLITICO Pro: Senate sends Trump's ambassador to WTO he has weakened". subscriber.politicopro.com. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
- Living people
- 1967 births
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers
- First Trump administration personnel
- Harvard University alumni
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Second Trump administration personnel
- Permanent representatives of the United States to the World Trade Organization