Mr. Kevin Brosch

Council Member Biography

Kevin Brosch is a Partner at DTB Associates in Washington, DC, where he specializes in international and agricultural policy and law. Previously, he served as special advisor on international trade to the Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry and its Chairman, Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana. He advised on a wide range of issues including WTO negotiations, trade with China, biotechnology, and the impact of U.S. farm proposals on U.S. international obligations. Before that, Mr. Brosch held several positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) specifically focused on trade policy matters. From 1989 to 1998, he served as Deputy Assistant General Counsel for International trade in USDA’s Office of the General Counsel, where he supervised all aspects of the trade law practice in USDA’s legal office. Mr. Brosch personally served as legal advisor to the USDA teams negotiating the Agriculture and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreements in the WTO Uruguay Round. He also worked on negotiations of bilateral market access agreements with Europe, Japan and Korea, and supervised USDA’s legal participation in the agricultural portions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 1998, Mr. Brosch left the General Counsel’s office to become Special Senior Trade Advisor to the Director of Trade Policy, Foreign Agricultural Service. Before joining government service, Mr. Brosch practiced international trade and antitrust law at Steptoe & Johnson. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2000 - Unspecified

Partner, DTB Associates, LLP

1998 - 1999

Special Senior Trade Advisor, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

1989 - 1998

Deputy Asst. General Counsel, International Trade, UNITED STATES DEPT OF AGRICULTURE

1981 - 1989

Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP