Deputy USTR Allgeier Named as U.S. WTO Ambassador
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman today announced that Deputy USTR Peter Allgeier will succeed Ambassador Linnet Deily as the U.S. Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassador Allgeier is expected to take up the WTO post permanently in the Fall. In the meantime, he will divide his time between Geneva and Washington until his successor is in place.