Jeff Weiss 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, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), and the Office of the Secretary of Commerce – and now co-chairs Steptoe’s internationally recognized International Trade Policy practice and leads the firm's Supply Chain team.
Jeff advises and advocates for clients before the US congress and the administration, on a broad spectrum of matters related to international trade and investment, including: technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures, digital economy, tariffs, market access barriers, carbon border measures, supply chain due diligence, and maritime and logistics issues. Jeff chairs ASTM International Committee F49, Digital Information in the Supply Chain, which is developing international standards on traceability and authentication of supply chain information, as well as the goods movement process.