Jamieson Greer

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Jamieson L. Greer is a partner in the international trade firm of King & Spalding. His work includes trade remedies, trade policy and negotiations, trade agreement enforcement, export and import compliance, and CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) matters.

His clients include manufacturing, technology, energy, pharmaceutical, agriculture, financial and investment services, hospitality, and aerospace and defense companies.

On November 26, 2024, Greer was nominated as U.S. Trade Representative, a cabinet-level position, in the second Donald Trump presidential administration. He served in the first Trump administration as chief of staff of the Office of the United States Trade Representative under Robert Lighthizer.

Greer, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, would play a critical role as adviser to President Trump and negotiator on international trade—predicted to be a high-stakes position due to President Trump’s promises to impose steep tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada—25 percent, with an additional 10 percent to China. “The threats have worried global leaders and economies. Some U.S. economists predict that Trump’s tariffs, along with his other economic plans, could severely worsen domestic inflation. In China, the yuan — the Chinese currency — reached a 16-month low [in early January 2025]. Leaders in Canada and Mexico have plotted their own trade retaliation should Trump follow through with tariffs.”[1]

“Greer has long accused China of implementing trade policies that disadvantage American workers and consumers, and he suggests tariffs can begin ‘remediating an unfair trade practice.’”[2]

According to the Deseret News, “Greer played a central role in many of Trump’s trademark trade actions, including negotiating the 2018 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and a series of tariffs on Chinese imports. Greer led diplomatic talks in 2018 to renegotiate the U.S.-South Korea free trade deal, known as KORUS, and shored up congressional support for the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement in 2019.”[3]

Greer, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. He also holds two master’s degrees—one from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the second from Sciences Po Paris (also known as the Paris Institute of Political Sciences). He also holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Virginia Law School.

He served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, including a deployment to Iraq. He served as both prosecutor and defense counsel in criminal investigations and courts-martial involving U.S. airmen.

Greer served as a full-time missionary in Brussels and is fluent in French. He and his wife, Marlo, are the parents of five children and live in the Washington, DC, area.[4]