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Henry A. (Hank) Levine serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Asia in the International Trade Administration's
office of Market Access and Compliance. His responsibilities include
the market access concerns and compliance with international trade
agreements that affect U.S. companies operating in China, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, and the member countries of ASEAN. From
August, 2002 until March, 2003, Mr. Levine served as the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe.
Mr. Levine, a career State Department Foreign Service Officer,
served as U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, China from 1999 - 2002,
immediately prior to joining the Commerce Department. Before his
time in Shanghai, he was the Deputy Director for Economic Affairs
in the State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs.
Mr. Levine joined the Foreign Service in 1981. From 1982 to 1983
he served as a Vice Consul at the American Embassy in Beijing.
He subsequently worked in the State Department's Economic Bureau
and in the Office of Chinese Affairs in Washington. As part of
a State Department professional development program, Mr. Levine
spent one year (summer of 1988 to summer of 1989) as Business
Development manager for a major U.S. company, based at the company's
Asia headquarters in Hong Kong. From August 1989 to August 1992
he served for a second time at the American Embassy in Beijing,
as Deputy Chief of the Economic Section and then as the Consul
General. He has also worked as Director for APEC Affairs at the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Mr. Levine has a B.A. in Political Science from Bucknell University.
He did graduate work in international affairs at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is a 1993
graduate, with distinction, from the U.S. National War College.
He is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin).
Mr. Levine is married to Vivian Chang. They have two children.
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