Jeannette L. Chu is a senior associate (non-resident) with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Ms. Chu is the vice president for national security policy at the National Foreign Trade Council. She is leading a new program around advancing the interests of U.S. business in safeguarding U.S. national security and promoting global security through export controls, sanctions regimes, and policy initiatives. Prior to the NFTC, Ms. Chu was a senior managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where she led a multidisciplinary team in advising clients on national security regulatory compliance matters. Ms. Chu previously served as a senior adviser in the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce. From 2005 through 2010, Ms. Chu served as the senior export control attaché at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China, and was the first officer-in-charge of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service offices in Guangzhou and Beijing, serving from 1997 through 2005. Ms. Chu brings over 24 years of law enforcement and investigative experience. Ms. Chu received her BA in political science from American University.
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy, Logan Wright, Ilaria Mazzocco, Deborah Seligsohn, Jeannette Chu, and John L. Holden — March 14, 2025
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy, Claire Reade, Paul Triolo, Jeannette Chu, John L. Holden, and Ilaria Mazzocco — March 15, 2023
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy, John L. Holden, Claire Reade, Deborah Seligsohn, Ilaria Mazzocco, Paul Triolo, and Jeannette Chu — May 26, 2022
Commentary by Jeannette Chu — March 25, 2022
Blog Post by Scott Kennedy, Ilaria Mazzocco, Daniel H. Rosen, Claire Reade, Deborah Seligsohn, Jeannette Chu, and John L. Holden — October 5, 2021
