The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is the chief trade negotiator in America as well as the chief advisor on trade policy to the president of the United States. According to its website the office of USTR is, responsible for “developing and implementing trade policies which promote world growth and create new opportunities for American businesses, workers and agricultural products.” The term USTR refers to not only the head of the office but to the office itself. Congress created the Office of Special Trade Representative, in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and in 1963 President John F. Kennedy implemented the act under Executive Order 11075. The office’s main responsibility was negotiating trade agreements under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trade Expansion Act. Passage of the Trade Act of 1974 shifted the agency to the cabinet level under the president, and with that came more powers and responsibilities. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter’s Executive Order 12188 renamed it the Office of the United States Trade Representative and made it responsible for all trade policy and the chief trade negotiator in all international matters. The head of the office holds the title of ambassador. On February 7, 2001, Robert B. Zoelick was sworn in as the newest USTR ambassador. The USTR’s major role involves developing U.S. international trade and INVESTMENT policy. It is also the leader for negotiations concerning trade with other countries and directly advises the president on national and international trade matters. The USTR is involved with other government agencies and is also vice chairman of the OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION as well as a nonvoting member of the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO). The office provides leadership in matters of expansion of market access for American goods and services and in industrial and services trade policy. The USTR is not an isolated agency; it works to foster communication between different groups. The privatesector advisory committee (which includes business and labor groups) consults with the office on trade agreements and U.S. trade policy, playing an integral role in China’s accession into the WTO. The USTR also works directly with Congress; five members from each house are appointed as advisors on trade policy.