Sharon Bomer Lauritsen is the Principal and founder of AgTrade Strategies LLC, a specialty consulting service on U.S. agricultural trade focusing on expanding exports of American agricultural products, food, and beverages.  Sharon has over 35 years of government agriculture policy experience, 26 years of which were working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. During her 16 years at USTR, Sharon led agriculture trade negotiations for the United States as the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, including for the recent US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, US-China Economic and Trade Agreement, and US-Japan Agreement.  Sharon brings expertise on agricultural trade policy in free trade agreements and World Trade Organization negotiations, as well as tariffs, farm support, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, and agricultural biotechnology.