On September 19, 2019, President Trump formally nominated Silk to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets.

[12] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was held on November 20, 2019.

[24] The book chronicles their experiences over the last several decades working on some of the largest cross-border infrastructure projects on almost every continent and at the highest levels of government and corporate organizations.

Are Chinese Companies Taking Over the World?,[27] Taiwan trade and investment law,[28] Understanding China's State Secrets Laws,[29] Post-Mao China and Environmental Protection: The Effects of Legal and Politico-Economic Reform,[30] New Executive Order Seeks to Jump Start the Effort to Rebuild America's Infrastructure,[31] G-d Bless the good people Atlanta Georgia,[32] Natural gas-fired electric power plants: A key element for future U.S. energy policy,[33] A U.S. Treasury Official's Moving Encounter With Atlanta Yeshivah Students.

[3] He was sworn in as Deputy Assistant Secretary with an ancient Tikkun kor'im that had belonged to Rebbe Mordechai of Nadvorna who was from Silk's grandfather's ancestral town.