1. Jamieson Greer attended Brigham Young University where he majored in international relations.
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Jamieson Greer pursued master's degrees from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and Sciences Po and later attended the University of Virginia School of Law.
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Between September and December 2007, Jamieson Greer worked as a law clerk for the European Court of Justice.
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From 2008 to 2012, Jamieson Greer served as an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps.
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Jamieson Greer served in Kansas and Turkey, and was deployed to Iraq where he served as chief of military justice.
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Jamieson Greer represented US Steel in a lawsuit against China.
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Jamieson Greer served as the chief of staff to trade representative Robert Lighthizer between 2017 and 2020.
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Jamieson Greer was involved in trade negotiations with China, and the talks about the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
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On November 26,2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Jamieson Greer to become United States trade representative.
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Jamieson Greer is the first Mormon Cabinet-level official since Mike Leavitt served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2009.
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In 2025, Jamieson Greer was a supporter of the Trump administration's across-the-board tariffs, and said the pain of the tariffs was necessary to reduce trade deficits and bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
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When Trump paused the tariffs for 90 days in April 2025, amid substantial economic turmoil, Jamieson Greer was not informed of the decision until after Trump announced the pause.