Mitchell Silk

Mitchell (Moyshe) Allen Silk is an American lawyer, author, and former government official. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets under President Donald Trump. He is an expert in Chinese law and finance.[1][2][3][4] He previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary from October 2017 to July 2019.

Mitchell Silk
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets
In office
July 2019 – January 20, 2021
Acting: July 2019 – April 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byHeath Tarbert
Succeeded byvacant
Personal details
Born
Moyshe Allen Silk

(1961-10-15) October 15, 1961
New York City
Spouse(s)Yocheved
Children8
ResidenceBorough Park, Brooklyn, New York
EducationUniversity of Maryland
Beijing University
Georgetown University
National Taiwan Normal University
Middlebury College

Silk is the first and only Hasidic Jew to hold a senior U.S. administration position.[2][3]

Education

Silk has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, Certificate in Advanced Studies in Law from Beijing University, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.[5]

He also received education at National Taiwan Normal University and Middlebury College.[5]

Silk began his professional career as an associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed from 1987 to 1990, as an associate at Graham & James from 1990 to 1992, as a senior associate at Chadbourne & Parke from 1992 to 1996, as a consultant and eventually a partner and Head of China Practice at Allen & Overy from 1998 to October 2017. He spent a decade in their Hong Kong office.[5][6][7][8][9]

Public Service

In October 2017, Silk was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.[2][5][10] He was the head of the Office of Investment, Energy and Infrastructure.[11]

In July 2019, he became the acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets. On September 19, 2019, President Trump formally nominated Silk to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets.[12] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was held on November 20, 2019.[13] On April 21, 2020, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[14][15][16] Silk became the first Hasidic Jew to be confirmed to a senior U.S. administration position.[17][18][19][20]

Published work

Books

Silk has published a book on Chinese environmental protection law titled: “China's marine environmental protection law: The dragon creeping in murky waters”,[21] and several other books, Taiwan Trade and Investment Law,[22] Environmental Law and Policy in the People's Republic of China.[23]

Articles

Are Chinese Companies Taking Over the World?,[24] Taiwan trade and investment law,[25] Understanding China’s State Secrets Laws,[26] Post-Mao China and Environmental Protection: The Effects of Legal and Politico-Economic Reform,[27] New Executive Order Seeks to Jump Start the Effort to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure,[28] G-d Bless the good people Atlanta Georgia,[29] Natural gas-fired electric power plants: A key element for future U.S. energy policy,[30] A U.S. Treasury Official’s Moving Encounter With Atlanta Yeshivah Students.[31]

Volunteer work

Since 2005 Silk has been doing volunteer work as the Chairman of "Agudath Israel of America Pro Bono Legal Services LLC" at the Agudath Israel of America.[5][32]

Personal life

Together with his wife Yocheved, Silk has been a resident of Borough Park, Brooklyn.[3]

He was sworn in as Deputy Assistant Secretary with an ancient Tikkun kor'im that had belonged to Rebbe Mordechai of Nadvorna who was from Silk's grandfather's ancestral town.

He is an expert in Chinese law and finance, speaks four languages Cantonese Chinese, English, Mandarin Chinese and Yiddish.[5][8]

References
  1. "TREASURY DEPARTMENT: Mnuchin poised to disband Environment and Energy office". www.eenews.net.
  2. "Meet The Hasidic Jew Who Is Key To China-U.S. Trade".
  3. "Along the Silk Road". www.mishpacha.com.
  4. "A U.S. Treasury Official's Moving Encounter With Atlanta Yeshivah Students - A small group makes a big impression in Washington, D.C." www.chabad.org.
  5. "www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-silk-9433169/". linkedin.com. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  6. "Mitchell Silk: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
  7. "Mitchell Silk" (PDF). February 13, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  8. Silk, Mitchell. "Business Travel: Frequent Flier; Briefly a Comrade While Negotiating in China".
  9. "Mitchell Silk - Concurrences". www.concurrences.com.
  10. "Mitchell Allen Silk | Trump Town". ProPublica. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  11. "Compliance documents" (PDF). www.treasury.gov. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  12. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  13. "Nomination Hearing". United States Senate. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  14. "PN1103 — Mitchell A. Silk — Department of the Treasury". United States Congress. September 19, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  15. "Boro Park Resident Confirmed to Top Treasury Position – Boro Park 24". boropark24.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  16. Kornbluh, Jacob (April 22, 2020). "Mitchell Silk confirmed as Treasury assistant secretary". Jewish Insider. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  17. "Senate confirms Chassidic Jew for first-ever senior position in US administration". JNS.org. February 20, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  18. Nahmias, Omri. "First-ever hassidic Jew appointed as US assistant secretary - The Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  19. "i24NEWS". i24NEWS. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  20. Oster, Marcy (April 23, 2020). "Mitchell Silk becomes first Hasidic Jew to hold senior position in a US administration". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  21. "China's marine environmental protection law: The dragon creeping in murky waters (Occasional papers/reprints series in contemporary Asian studies): Mitchell A Silk: 9780942182736: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  22. "Taiwan Trade and Investment Law (Maryland Studies in East Asian Law and Politics Series ; 12): Mitchell A. Silk: 9780195852899: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  23. "Environmental Law and Policy in the People's Republic of China(Hardback) - 1987 Edition: Mitchell A. Silk Lester Ross : 0884735980963: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  24. Mitchell Silk. ""Are Chinese Companies Taking Over the World?" by Mitchell Silk and Richard Malish". chicagounbound.uchicago.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  25. "Taiwan trade and investment law /by Mitchell A. Silk; edited by Mitchell Silk. – National Library". nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  26. "Understanding China’s State Secrets Laws". China Business Review. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  27. "Post-Mao China and Environmental Protection: The Effects of Legal and Politico-Economic Reform 4 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 1985". heinonline.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  28. "Articles by Mitchell Silk | Muck Rack". Muck Rack. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  29. Moyshe (Mitchell) Silk (May 15, 2018). "G-d Bless Good People of Atlanta, Georgia" (PDF). Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  30. Mitchell Silk, Paul Mohler, Gary Lazarus and Noah Baer (June 22, 2011). "The Changing Landscape of the U.S. Energy Market" (PDF). Retrieved July 6, 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. "A U.S. Treasury Official's Moving Encounter With Atlanta Yeshivah Students - A small group makes a big impression in Washington, D.C. - Chabad-Lubavitch News". chabad.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  32. "Entrapped Mother and Children Freed | The Agudah". agudathisrael.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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