U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will hold another meeting with members of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group this week, ahead of a congressional recess. Lighthizer also will meet with officials from Brussels in Washington, DC, and prepare for an expected trip to China next week.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by 600 other business associations across the country, is urging Congress to approve the U.S.- Mexico-Canada Agreement as soon as possible.
The European Union’s Director General for Trade on Monday urged the U.S. to put trans-Atlantic trade fracases behind it so two of the three world’s largest economies could put up a unified front against the third and combat unfair Chinese trade practices.
The U.S. has accused some World Trade Organization members of refusing to allow dispute settlement proceedings and documentation to be made public, arguing they are undermining the system by rejecting transparency.
Concerns that a controversial de minimis provision could be included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s implementing legislation continue to vex House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who have raised the issue in recent talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Despite some progress and “enhanced” engagement, the World Trade Organization negotiations to ban illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing subsidies are not on track to finish by the end of the year as members had agreed to, the U.S. said this week.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he will tell a visiting U.S. House delegation on Friday to conclude the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s “approval process ASAP.”
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by 600 other business associations across the country, is urging Congress to approve the U.S.- Mexico-Canada Agreement as soon as possible.
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Concerns that a controversial de minimis provision could be included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s implementing legislation continue to vex House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who have raised the issue in recent talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
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“This is extremely concerning,” said Director-General Roberto Azevêdo. “The report provides evidence that trade tensions continue to dominate the global trade environment.”
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The U.S. has accused some World Trade Organization members of refusing to allow dispute settlement proceedings and documentation to be made public, arguing they are undermining the system by rejecting transparency.
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