Peter Chase

Peter Chase is a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, based in Brussels.  He recently left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after six years as its Senior Representative in Europe.  Prior to joining the Chamber, Mr. Chase was a U.S. diplomat for 30 years, working extensively on transatlantic economic policy issues between 1992 and 2010.  During his diplomatic career, he also served 1990-92 as the Director of Investment Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and as Legislative Assistant for Economic Policy and Foreign Affairs with Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ).  Mr. Chase, who grew up in Taiwan, received his Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1976 and his Master of International Affairs from Columbia University in 1978. He was married and has three grown daughters.