The trade advisory committee structure consists of an overarching
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations to provide overall trade policy advice; general policy advisory committees, including the environmental advisory committee, a labor advisory committee and an advisory committee for state and local officials; a large number (now 16) of industry specific advisory committees; and six agricultural advisory committees.
He is vice-chairman of both the U.S.-ASEAN Council on Business and Technology and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and has long been a major force in The Business Roundtable and the President's
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange, a member of the Trilateral Commission, a director of the United Nations Association, and the past chairman, deputy chairman, and director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.