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U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer reported roughly $1.17 million to $3.75 million in cash, retirement accounts and other investments according to a CNBC analysis of his newly obtained 2025 annual financial disclosure. The 16-page filing from the Office of Government Ethics, offers a new look at the finances of President Donald Trump's top trade official after he left a lucrative partnership at the King & Spalding law firm to join the administration in February 2025. Greer reported receiving $652,610 in salary and bonus from the firm in 2025. In his nominee disclosure, he listed an anticipated performance-based bonus for work performed in 2024, valued at $250,001 to $500,000, that would be paid before he entered government. He had previously reported about $1.5 million in salary and bonus from King & Spalding. One of the clearest changes in the new filing is Greer's cash holdings. An account labeled "U.S. bank #2" jumped from $250,001-$500,000 in his nominee filing to $500,001-$1 million in the new disclosure. It generated another $15,001-$50,000 in interest. Federal disclosures report most assets in broad ranges, making it impossible to determine precisely how Greer's wealth changed. The asset total is also not an estimate of his net worth; his personal residence is not valued in the filing, while he reported a mortgage of between $1 million and $5 million at a 2.375% interest rate. Beyond Greer's newest disclosure, CNBC's review of his finances and ethics records show a previously unreported timeline involving Coupang, the e-commerce giant often dubbed the "Amazon of South Korea." Coupang has become a trade flashpoint, with U.S. investors accusing Seoul of unfairly targeting the company after a major data breach — claims the South Korean government disputes. Greer's nominee disclosure shows that Coupang paid him a $10,000 honorarium in May 2024. Eleven months later, on April 24, 2025, he met with the company at USTR during a day of trade talks, shortly after meeting South Korean trade minister Ahn Duk-geun. Before taking office, Greer had pledged to avoid certain matters involving former clients for one year unless ethics officials cleared his participation. Public records reviewed by CNBC do not show whether USTR treated Coupang as a former client under that commitment or whether Greer received authorization to participate in the meeting. His nominee filing describes the Coupang payment as an "honorarium," while separately identifying other companies as legal services clients. USTR and Coupang did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.
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