Overview
(January 28, 2025, Washington DC) – Steptoe partner Jeff Weiss has been appointed to the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) Board of Directors. NFTC is the premier association for leadership, knowledge and influence on international tax and trade policy issues. Founded in 1914, the NFTC promotes an open, rules-based global economy on behalf of a diverse membership of US-based businesses.
Weiss is co-chair of Steptoe's internationally recognized International Trade Policy practice and leads the firm's Supply Chain team. Before joining Steptoe, he spent more than 15 years in senior legal, policy, diplomatic, negotiation, and political roles in the US government across three administrations – including at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), and Office of the Secretary of Commerce. Weiss helps clients effectively navigate complex global trade issues, and develop and execute cross-cutting policy strategies. He advises and advocates for clients before Congress and the Administration on a broad spectrum of matters related to international trade, including: tariffs, supply chain due diligence, technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures, digital economy, market access, labor and environment, and maritime and logistics. He counsels clients, including governments, on issues arising under US trade and customs laws (e.g., sections 232 and 301, IEEPA, UFLPA, de minimis), as well as WTO rules and US trade agreements (e.g., USMCA, KORUS). Jeff also chairs ASTM's F49 Committee on Digital Information in the Supply Chain, which develops international standards for goods movement and supply chain traceability.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
