Maria D’Andrea joined the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) in 1992. She is currently Supervisor for the Eastern Hemisphere, managing the office’s textile and apparel trade portfolio for Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Maria has conducted textile and apparel safeguard actions under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the China textile safeguard mechanism. She has also participated as a member of the U.S. delegation defending certain textile and apparel safeguard actions before the World Trade Organization (WTO) Textile Monitoring Body and the Dispute Settlement Body. She manages the Doha textile and apparel portfolio for OTEXA, the legislation portfolio, including the Berry Amendment, and the Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Textiles and Clothing.
Prior to joining OTEXA in 1992, Ms. D’Andrea worked on textile and clothing trade issues as a member of the Secretariat of the WTO (formerly the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade).
[Updated October 15, 2007]