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AMCHAM is honored to present Arun Venkataraman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the US and Foreign Commercial Service, as the keynote speaker for our September Member Luncheon.  We invite all members to join our Board Governors in welcoming Assistant Secretary Venkataraman on the occasion of his visit to Thailand.
 
About the Speaker
Arun Venkataraman has over 20 years of experience advising companies, international organizations and the U.S. government on international trade issues. Before joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Arun was a Senior Director at Visa, leading global government engagement strategy on a range of international policy issues including digital economy, trade, tax and sanctions. He also served as Trade & Investment Policy Advisor at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he counseled multinational firms and other organizations on e-commerce, intellectual property rights and U.S. and foreign trade policies.
 
During the Obama Administration, Venkataraman served as the first-ever Director of Policy at the International Trade Administration (ITA), where he helped shape the U.S. government’s responses to critical challenges faced by firms in the U.S. and in markets around the world, including China and India. He also served in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) where he led the development and implementation of U.S.-India trade policy, for which he received the agency’s Kelly Award for outstanding performance and extraordinary leadership. As the USTR’s Associate General Counsel, he represented the United States in litigation before the World Trade Organization and in negotiations on international trade agreements. Venkataraman holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, an M.A. in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a B.A. from Tufts University.