Joseph Barloon

Joseph Barloon
Official portrait, 2025
United States Deputy Trade Representative
Incumbent
Assumed Office
October 14, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
RepresentativeJamieson Greer
Preceded byMaria Pagan
Acting
August 2020 – January 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
RepresentativeRobert Lighthizer
Personal details
BornJoseph Leo Barloon
1967 (age 58–59)
Education

Joseph Leo Barloon (born 1967) is an American lawyer who is the United States Deputy Trade Representative since October 2025, having previously acted in the position from 2020 to 2021.

Education

Barloon attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1989 and obtained an MA from the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996.

Career

Barloon clerked for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1996 to 1997.

He was General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative from 2019 to 2021, and acting United States Deputy Trade Representative from 2020 to 2021. He was nominated by President Donald Trump as a judge on the United States Court of International Trade in November 2020, but his nomination was withdrawn by President Joe Biden in January 2021.

Barloon was nominated by Trump to be United States Deputy Trade Representative in February 2025 and was confirmed by a 51–47 party-line vote in the Senate on October 7, 2025.

See also

References

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  8. ↑ "PN25-4 - Nomination of Joseph Barloon for Executive Office of the President, 119th Congress (2025-2026)". www.congress.gov. February 11, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ "POLITICO Pro: Senate sends Trump's ambassador to WTO he has weakened". subscriber.politicopro.com. Retrieved October 15, 2025.