Vice President and Managing Director at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Washington, D.C. office, Wendy Cutler joins Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) on this episode of The Diplomatic Cable.

As former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Cutler worked on a range of U.S. Trade negotiations in the Asia-Pacific region, and was responsible for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. She was also the chief negotiator to the U.S. –Korea Free Trade Agreement.

This episode centers on the strategic missteps taken by the Trump Administration on trade, the state of play on the issue, and her vision on the essential maneuvering needed to return the U.S. back to its vision of a global, interconnected economy.