U.S. Trade Representative
Harris
Rahm Emanuel – Former White House Chief of Staff (2009-2010)
Nelson Cunningham – Former Special Advisor on Western Hemisphere affairs (1997-1998)
Jayme White – Former USTR Deputy Trade Representative (2021-2023)
Trump
Robert Lighthizer – Former U.S. Ambassador (2017-2021)
Bill Hagerty – U.S. Senator (R-TN), Senate Banking Committee
Jamieson Greer – Attorney at King & Spalding, former USTR Chief of Staff (2017-2020)
Secretary of Homeland Security
Harris
John Tien – Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2021-2023)
Ken Wainstein – Current Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
Kristie Canegallo – Current Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Trump
Mark Morgan – Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation; former CBP COO and Acting Commissioner (2019-2021)
Thomas Homan – Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation; former acting director of ICE (2017-2018)
Chad Wolf – Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation; Former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (2019-2021)
Secretary of Commerce
Harris
JB Pritzker – Current Governor of Illinois
Phil Murphy – Current Governor of New Jersey
Trump
Robert Lighthizer – Former U.S. Ambassador (2017-2021)
Linda McMahon – Co-chair of Trump 2025 transition team; former Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017-2019)
Bill Hagerty – U.S. Senator (R-TN), Senate Banking Committee
Other Stories:
- BIS added 26 new entities to its Entity List this week for “activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy.”
- BIS announced a series of rules last week to ease export controls on space-related technologies to U.S. allies.
- CBP released its new Forced Labor website last week with new features and consolidated resource materials.
- CBP released an updated Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Implementation Guide yesterday.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly hopes to bring legislation aimed at de minimis reform to a floor vote during the lame duck session.
- The East and Gulf Coast port strike ended with a wage deal, but contract negotiations continue over automation and job losses. A March Government Accountability Office study highlighted why U.S. ports are slow to adopt automation technology, including labor agreements.
