Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs  (Under Secretary of the Treasury)
Senior position within the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for advising the Secretary of the Treasury on international economic issues.

The Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs is a senior position within the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for advising the Secretary of the Treasury on international economic issues. Several deep state operatives have held the position.

Duties

The Under Secretary leads the development and implementation of policies in the areas of international finance, trade in financial services, investment, economic development, international debt. It also leads the development of policies on U.S. participation in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the other multilateral development banks (including the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). The Under Secretary also coordinates financial market policy with the G7 industrial nations.

Overview

The Office of International Affairs (IA), led by the Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, has oversight of the following:

• Office of International Economic Analysis
• Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development
  • Office of Asia
  • Office of Europe and Eurasia
  • Office of Western Hemisphere
  • Office of Middle East and North Africa
  • Office of International Monetary Policy
  • Office of International Development Finance
    • United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank
    • United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund
    • United States Executive Director of the World Bank
    • United States Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank
    • United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank
    • United States Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Investment Policy
  • Office of Trade and Investment Policy
  • Office of Investment, Energy, and Infrastructure
  • Office of International Financial Markets
  • Office of Technical Assistance
• Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security
  • Office of Investment Security
    • Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

The Office of International Affairs also oversees the operations of the Exchange Stabilization Fund and the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Name	From	To
David Malpass	25 September 2017	9 April 2019
Timothy Geithner	1998	2001
Lawrence Summers	5 April 1993	11 August 1995

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