Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Office of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Christina Lund has served as a professional trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative since 1985, representing the United States in Asia, Latin America and Europe. She has served as Deputy in the China office since 1997, and was responsible primarily for negotiating China's service commitments to the United States as part of its accession to the World Trade Organization. During the Uruguay Round of global trade negotiations, Ms. Lund served in Geneva for five years as a member of the U.S. permanent mission to the World Trade Organization.
Ms. Lund first moved to Washington, D.C. from California in 1979. She was responsible for U.S. debt relief operations and foreign assistance at the Office of Management and Budget, and has served as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate and as an economist at the Environmental Protection Agency. She has been the recipient of numerous awards from the government and U.S. private sector.
Ms. Lund earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Congo, Africa, from 1975 to 1977.
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