Jean Heilman Grier is the Principal and Manager, Trade Practice, at Djaghe, LLC., where she advises and provides assistance to businesses, governments, international organizations and trade groups on a wide variety of international trade and procurement issues. Ms. Grier has more than 30 years of experience in international trade as a U.S. trade negotiator, lawyer, adviser and consultant. She served as the Senior Procurement Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Ms. Grier holds a JD from the University of Minnesota, an LLM in International Law from the University of Washington and was a Fulbright Scholar at Tohoku University in Japan. She is the author of numerous publications and maintains a blog, Perspectives on Trade, at http://trade.djaghe.com.