John F. McDermid


John McDermid, is President and Chief Operating Officer of International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc. (IBC).[1] He has worked at IBC for over 25 years in international trade remedies, negotiations, and policies.

Prior to joining IBC, McDermid was Assistant General Counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). At NAM, he managed international trade and antitrust issues. His earlier legal experiences included government service and private practice with the Washington, D.C. office of the New York firm of Reid and Priest. As an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, McDermid handled U.S. trade remedies and their effect on competition and consumers. He also participated in the U.S. Government’s interagency decision-making process on these issues. Prior to the FTC, he was a litigator and advisor in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission. He has testified frequently before various Congressional Committees on aspects of antitrust and international trade legislation.

McDermid’s published articles on international trade and antitrust have appeared in: Washington and Lee University Law Review,[2] Vanderbilt Journal of Transitional Law,[3] the Fletcher Forum,[4] Mercer Law Review, and George Mason University Law Review.[5] He has additionally published articles on intellectual property intellectual property rights (IPR) in India[6] and Canada,[7] for IPWatchdog, and lobbying, for the Washington Post.[8]

McDermid was Chair of the India Interest Group’s Consumer Product Working Group and one of six private sector advisors to the government-to-government U.S.-India Economic Submission. In September 2001, he was appointed by the U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade.

McDermid earned an L.L.M. degree cum laude in International and Comparative Law from The University of Brussels. He completed his J.D. degree from The American University, Washington College of Law, and received his B.A. in History from Rollins College. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "International Business-Government Counsellors, Inc". Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Antitrust Commission and the Webb-Pomerene Act: A Critical Assessment". Washington & Lee Law Review Volume 37, Issue 1, Article 7. Washington & Lee Law Review. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. ↑ McDermid, John F. (Summer 1978). "The Trade Act of 1974: Section 337 of the Tariff Act and the Public Interest". Vaderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. 11 (42): 421–480.
  4. ↑ McDermid, John (1983). "U.S.-Japan Trade: Problems and Prospects". The Fletcher Forum. 7 (2): 385–394.
  5. ↑ "Merger Directions in the United States and EEC: An Ominous Picture for United States Multinationals". George Mason Law Review. George Mason Law Review. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "India's IPR Policies Jeopardize its U.S. Trade Benefits". IP Watchdog.
  7. ↑ "A NAFTA Challenge to Canada's Patent Utility Doctrine is Necessary". IP Watchdog.
  8. ↑ "Why Can't I Advise Officials on Reducing Trade Barriers?". Washington Post.
  9. ↑ "John F. McDermid, Esq". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.


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