Katherine Tai (1974—), a Chinese-American lawyer and politician, was born in Connecticut, USA, with a ancestral home in Funing, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, and is currently the US Trade Representative. She grew up in Washington, D.C., and her parents are from Taiwan Province Province, China. She is fluent in Chinese.

1996- 1998, Dai Qi taught English at Sun Yat-sen University, China, as a member of Yale University and China. After graduating from college, he worked as a lawyer in several law firms and later joined the Maryland District Court. Mother: Li Zhongyu, an American citizen from 65438 to 0979, worked in the National Institutes of Health and was in charge of medical education research institutions and foundations in the United States.

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From 2007 to 20 14, Dai Qi worked in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), during which he served as the chief consultant of China's trade law enforcement, responsible for supervising Sino-U.S. disputes in the WTO, and successfully prosecuted many cases involving China.

Since 20 17, Dai Qi has been the chief trade adviser of the House Ways and Means Committee, the main adviser of the Democratic Party and the chairman of the International Trade Committee. On June 5438+February 10, 2020, Dai Qi was nominated as the US Trade Representative by US President-elect Biden.

2021March 17, the nomination of Dai Qi's trade representative was passed by 98 votes in favor and 0 votes against in the Senate. 18 In March, she was sworn in as 19 US Trade Representative, becoming the first Asian American and the first minority woman to hold this position.