Fred Fischer

Fred Fischer is a Senior Vice President at American Global Strategies, where he leads the firm’s Global Trade & Supply Chains Practice and advises clients on international trade, global economic affairs, geopolitical risk, and cross-border commercial strategy. He works with clients navigating evolving trade and tariff policies, supply-chain challenges, and complex international regulatory environments.

Fred brings extensive experience in international trade policy, economic security, and global market access developed through senior government and private sector roles. He served for 15 years in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) within the Executive Office of the President, including during the first Trump Administration, where he was a senior economic policy advisor and senior international trade negotiator.

As Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for American Competitiveness and Enterprise, Fred was directly responsible for developing and implementing U.S. policies on trade, tariffs, market access, rules of origin, regulations, trade remedies, sanctions, and customs matters. He was a senior negotiator engaged in bilateral and multilateral negotiations around the world and served as a lead U.S. negotiator for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Fred also has significant experience working on Section 301 and Section 232 investigations and advising the President on trade remedies. He also served as a strategic advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative on utilizing trade tools and trade negotiations to advance industrial policy.

Following his government service, Fred served as a senior executive for global policy at a major trade association and later as principal advisor at an international trade advisory firm. In these roles, he advised C-Suite executives on changing trade, tariff, and industrial policies, strategic investments, supply-chain sourcing, and operational strategies to minimize geopolitical risk and maximize opportunities arising from global trade negotiations.

Fred earned a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Bucknell University.