B. Anne Craib

Director of International Trade and Government Affairs,
Semiconductor Industry Association

B. Anne Craib is the Director of International Trade and Government Affairs for the Semiconductor Industry Association. In that capacity, she is responsible for the association’s international trade and government affairs programs.

During Ms. Craib’s tenure working for the SIA, the Association’s international trade program has included the implementation of the 1991 U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Accord, and the negotiation and implementation of the 1996 U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agreements. In 1999, the SIA completed a multilateral agreement with Japan, Europe, Korea and Taiwan as a follow-on to the 1996 U.S.-Japan agreement. Ms. Craib worked on securing the elimination of European and Korean semiconductor tariffs under the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which saved U.S. chipmakers and their European customers $1.5 billion over two years. She has also worked actively on issues related to IMF funding and foreign government support for the semiconductor industry.

SIA is currently working on a number of major public policy issues, including: China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO); effective organization and continuation of the World Semiconductor Council; internet and e-commerce related issues; federal funding for basic science and technology research and development; and a rationalization of the tax code as it applies to the depreciation of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. A detailed description of the SIA’s full public policy program can be found at www.semichips.org.

Ms. Craib is a member of the Department of Commerce/United States Trade Representative Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Microelectronics. She has an undergraduate degree in economics and Asian studies from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master in Pacific International Affairs from the University of California at San Diego, and a Master in Business Administration from the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining the SIA in 1997, Ms. Craib worked at Dewey Ballantine LLP as the Washington-based manager of SIA’s lobbying activities. She also previously held the position of Government Relations Analyst for the Japan Economic Institute, a Washington-based think tank, with responsibility for writing articles relating to Congressional and Administration trade initiatives and Japanese investments in Southeast Asia. She is a Fellow of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program.