Economic Policy Council

The EPC was established by Executive Order in 1985 to address major trade
policy issues in a single forum as a means of reducing tensions between
different groups, such as the Trade Policy Committee and the Senior
Interagency Group. The Council was modified in the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988. Membership includes Treasury (chair pro tem),
State, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Transportation, the OMB, the U.S.
Trade Representative, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Assistant
to the President for Science and Technology.