Jason Bernstein is the Director of Global Affairs at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), specializing in international trade and supply chain issues. He has over 20 years of experience in trade and investment, dispute settlement, market access, customs, and industry/economic analysis, and has successfully resolved numerous trade and supply chain issues. At ACC, he focuses on opening new markets for U.S. exports of innovative chemicals and plastic products and technologies, reducing and preventing technical barriers to trade that harm U.S. chemical producers and workers, and cultivating resilient and strategically integrated supply chains to manage vulnerabilities to political, economic, and environmental factors.

Before ACC, Jason Bernstein was the Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for American Competitiveness and Enterprise at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the senior trade negotiator and policy advisor on rules of origin and customs for the U.S. Government. Jason was also a lead U.S. negotiator for the USMCA and CPTPP Agreements. Before becoming a Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Jason was the Director of Customs Affairs and Director of Market Access and served as the lead negotiator for customs and market access issues. Jason earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics from Temple University and a Master of International Policy Studies with a Major in International Economics and Trade Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.