Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

21. Department of Commerce · Minor

Head the new Office of Trade and Investment Advocacy with a Deputy Assistant Secretary

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671 21. Department of Commerce

“Given the value placed on senior-level engagement by many governments and companies, this consolidated Office of Trade and Investment Advocacy should be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary.”

What has happened

  1. Not started

    Nothing found. No Office of Trade and Investment Advocacy exists, so nothing heads it. The consolidation this office would have followed from is itself not started (#1842).

    No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

Rides #1842’s trail and its negative search. Also checked: Federal Register full text since 2025-01-20 for "Office of Trade and Investment Advocacy" (0) and "Deputy Assistant Secretary" restricted to the Commerce Department slug; and nominations.ndjson, which carries no such post (Deputy Assistant Secretaries are not Senate-confirmed in any event).

The one Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary the roster records — Robby Stephany Saunders, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security at BIS (src/data/people.json, 2025-09-17) — is a different post.

Action
create
Object
Office of Trade and Investment Advocacy
ID
1843