Dan Mullaney, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East

Daniel Mullaney is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and GeoEconomics Center. Most recently, he served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) from 2010 to 2023.

In this role, he was the chief negotiator for comprehensive trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom, as well as the trade lead for the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council. He was responsible for developing and implementing U.S. trade policy across Europe, Eurasia, Russia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Prior to serving as AUSTR, he was Senior Trade Representative at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, where he served as the principal voice for U.S. trade policy in engagements with EU institutions, member state governments, the public, and the international press. Earlier in his career, Mullaney spent seven years in USTR’s Office of General Counsel, where he represented the United States in dispute settlement proceedings at the World Trade Organization and led negotiations while serving as legal counsel for free trade and other agreements.

Before joining USTR, Mullaney was in private practice for nearly 20 years, specializing in international trade law and litigation. At the time he entered public service, he was a partner at the law firm Dorsey & Whitney.

Mullaney is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a BA from Amherst College and a joint JD/MSFS degree from Georgetown University.