Stephen Vaughn
Acting USTR and General Counsel to Amb. Bob Lighthizer, 2017-19
Stephen Vaughn is an accomplished American trade lawyer who served as the acting United States Trade Representative from March to May 2017 and was the General Counsel for the U.S. Trade Representative from 2017 to 2019. During his tenure, he managed a team of government attorneys negotiating key trade agreements and litigating on behalf of U.S. interests, playing significant roles in the USMCA, Section 301 actions against China, and revisions to the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. With a legal career spanning decades at leading law firms like Skadden Arps and King & Spalding, Vaughn is widely recognized as a foremost authority on U.S. trade policy.