James Green

James Green is a director of government affairs and public policy at Google, where he covers international policy for the company’s platforms and devices businesses, which includes Android, Chrome, Pixel and Play. He has worked for over two decades on U.S.-Asia relations for the U.S. government and in the private sector. From 2013 to 2018, he served as the minister counselor for trade affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where he addressed market access barriers, technology policy and investment restrictions. In addition to his government service on the National Security Council and on the secretary of state’s Policy Planning Staff, Green ran the government relations department at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and was a senior vice president at an international consultancy in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Green speaks proficient Mandarin and passable Italian. After his most recent government service, he started a podcast at Georgetown University in which he speaks with former officials on how to handle a rising China.