Christopher Wilson is a 20-year veteran of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, where he has served in a variety of trade policy leadership roles, including Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Innovation and Intellectual Property (2006-2008) and several Assistant U.S. Trade Representative positions. Wilson’s USTR experience encompasses periods focused on regional trade relationships with Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and South and Central Asia. He has represented USTR at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, and at the U.S. Mission to the World Trade Organization as Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative. Prior to his USTR service, Wilson worked at the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration and as a State Department Foreign Service Officer (with assignments in Africa and Southeast Asia). He also spent several years consulting on trade policy issues in the private sector. A native of Kansas and longtime resident of Washington, D.C., Wilson is married to Mark Hegedus.