Timothy P. STRATFORD

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科文顿•柏灵律师事务所北京办公室合伙人

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    Mr Timothy Stratford is managing partner in Covington & Burling LLP’s Beijing office and a member of the International Trade, Corporate and Government Affairs Practice Groups. Mr Stratford’s practice is focused on advising international clients doing business in China and assisting Chinese companies seeking to expand their businesses globally. As a former Assistant US Trade Representative (USTR), Mr Stratford is the most senior former US trade official working as a member of the US business community in China. Except for the five years he spent in Washington, DC in government service (2005-2010), Mr Stratford has lived and worked continuously in the greater China region since 1982.

    While at USTR, Mr Stratford was responsible for developing and implementing US trade policy toward mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Mongolia. He worked closely with other senior US and Chinese officials from numerous government departments and agencies to address problems encountered by companies engaged in bilateral trade and investment and co-chaired a number of important bilateral working groups and dialogues established under the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and the US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue.

    Prior to serving at USTR, Mr Stratford was General Counsel for General Motors’ China operations, where he was a member of GM’s senior management team in China and oversaw the company’s legal and trade policy work. Mr Stratford also served previously as Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the US Embassy in Beijing and as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brigham Young University, and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.