Bio - Jonathan McHale

Jonathan R. McHale
Director, Telecommunications Policy
USTR

Jonathan McHale has been USTR Director of telecommunications trade policysince 1997. During that time, his responsibilities have included:

implementation of the WTO Basic Telecommunications Agreement, focusing on the EU, Mexico, Japan, and Korea and China;
negotiating telecommunications and electronic commerce chapters of the Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain and Thailand FTAs;
formulating policy on trade-related aspects of electronic commerce, in WTO and regional organization;
negotiating on telecommunications deregulation issues with Japan;
developing negotiating goals for the telecommunications sector for ongoing WTO services negotiations
implementation of APEC telecommunications Mutual Recognition Arrangement; and
implementation of NAFTA telecommunications standards provisions.

Prior to joining USTR hewas an economic officer in the Department of State, serving in Tokyoand Paris. He has a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. in internationalrelations from Columbia University.

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