Office of The General Counsel

The Office of the General Counsel, which includes the Office of Monitoring and Enforcement, provides legal advice to the United States Trade Representative, Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives, and regional and other USTR offices on negotiations, agreements, trade legislation, certain trade remedies, administrative law, and government ethics. In addition, the office monitors compliance by foreign governments with their obligations under trade agreements with the United States and prosecutes and defends cases in WTO and U.S. free trade agreement dispute settlement proceedings.

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