Katherine Chi Tai is an American attorney serving as the 19th United States Trade Representative since March 18, 2021. The daughter of Waishengren immigrants from Taiwan, she is the first Asian-American to serve in the position.
Tai was born on March 18, 1974, in Connecticut. Tai grew up in Washington, D.C., where she attended Sidwell Friends School. After her undergraduate education, she taught English at Sun Yat-sen University as a Yale-China Fellow for two years, from 1996 to 1998.
Katherine Tai’s children: Does Katherine Tai have children?
Ambassador Katherine Tai has not disclosed any information about her privet life, so it is unknown whether she has a child. Tai was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as Trade Representative in December 2020.
Tai has been described as both an “avowed progressive” and a “consensus builder help bridge the Democratic Party’s varying views on trade. After law school, she worked for several law firms, including Powell Goldstein, Sidley Austin, Baker McKenzie, and Miller & Chevalier, and clerked for U.S. District Courts in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
