International Trade Administration
    Office of Standards and Intellectual Property - Standards Team

• Michael Boyles - Manager, Emerging Issues
  +1.202.482.1935 | Michael.Boyles@trade.gov

Kevin Doyle - International Trade Specialist
+1.202.482.0352 | Kevin.Doyle@trade.gov

The International Trade Administration (ITA) launched the Standards Attaché Program in 2003. Today, ITA employs four Standards Attachés around the world who monitor emerging standards issues that have potential trade implications for U.S. industry and businesses and who serve as important resources and points of contact for U.S. stakeholders. Standards Attachés are located in the key markets of China, the European Union, Mexico, and Brazil and are filled by career Foreign Commercial Service officers. Other Commercial officers and Locally Employed Staff in the Commercial Sections in U.S. Embassies globally also take active roles in establishing ongoing dialogue with local standards developers and government officials.

     Standards Attachés

• Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Sara Cook - Sarah.Cook@trade.gov
       
• Beijing, China
  Christopher Wong - Christopher.Wong@trade.gov
       
• Brussels, Belgium (European Union)
  Rebecca Balogh - rebecca.balogh@trade.gov
       
• Mexico City, Mexico
  Braeden Young - Braeden.Young@trade.gov

• National Institute for Standards and Technology - Standards Coordination Office
   
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)