Charlene Barshefsky, the United States Trade Representative under President Bill Clinton, was the architect and chief negotiator of the landmark deal that cleared the way for China to join the World Trade Organization. As trade representative, she also negotiated a global deal to eliminate tariffs on high-technology products. Her Clinton administration colleagues nicknamed her “Stonewall Barshefsky” — after Stonewall Jackson — for her pugnaciousness. After leaving the government, she was