The telecom giant had one of their representatives, Jacquelynn Ruff, sitting on the Industry Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC) —which means that she is a "cleared advisor" who can read, comment, and provide direct input on trade texts to the USTR (since the USTR seems not to maintain their site page that lists members of their TACs, we have no way to verify whether she is still a member of the Committee). [read post]