International Tax, Trade Scholar Tapped for Treasury Role

A former adviser to President Joe Biden’s campaign, who has been a critic of the 2017 tax law overhaul’s international regime, is now in a key policy job at the Treasury Department.

The administration tapped Kimberly Clausing to lead Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis as deputy assistant secretary on Tuesday. The office analyzes the economic effects and estimates the revenue effects of tax policy, and staff participate in tax treaty negotiations with foreign governments.

Clausing—a proponent of per-country minimum taxes and free trade and known for her research on multinationals shifting profits to tax havens—could play a major role ...