The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Trade and Development is a senior official in the United States Department of the Treasury who heads a portfolio of the department's offices on international financial services issues, trade and investment policy, banking and securities, and U.S. relations with multilateral development banks.
The position was created on July 26, 2007, as part of the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007. The position has changed names twice: it was originally called Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, then changed to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development, before settling on its current name.
The Assistant Secretary is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for International Trade and Development NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed bySecretary served under Neel Kashkari July 2008 May 1, 2009 George W. Bush Henry Paulson Marisa Lago February 2010 January 20, 2017 Barack Obama Timothy Geithner Jack Lew Heath Tarbert October 10, 2017 July 15, 2019 Donald Trump Steven Mnuchin Mitchell Silk July 15, 2019 January 20, 2021 Alexia Latortue January 13, 2022 January 20, 2025 Joe Biden Janet Yellen Francis Brooke October 7, 2025 Incumbent Donald Trump Scott Bessent
See also Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
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