Business representatives and analysts believe the U.S. will agree to postpone a scheduled hike of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods because U.S. and Chinese officials have made substantive progress in the drafting of six memoranda of understanding, but the two sides still need to iron out how those agreements will be enforced.
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February 22, 2019
A key British lawmaker said on Friday that a post-Brexit United Kingdom likely would take a more “pragmatic” approach to agriculture biotechnology issues like gene editing and genetically modified crops, a longtime U.S. demand of the European Union.
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February 21, 2019
House Democrats are drafting a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer calling for more balanced access to prescription drugs, urging USTR to achieve levels similar to those included in what is known as the May 10 agreement.
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Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton on Thursday said he was confident a dispute over U.S. Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum would be resolved “in a few weeks.”
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is “cautiously optimistic” the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will be passed by Congress by this summer, he said on Thursday.
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Executives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S.-ASEAN Business Council this week debated whether a U.S.-Japan trade deal conducted in stages would require multiple rounds of congressional approval.
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February 20, 2019
The European Parliament’s International Trade committee on Tuesday passed a resolution endorsing the start of negotiations with the U.S., overhauling a draft resolution that called on member states to reject Commission proposals to launch formal trade talks.
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In comments submitted ahead of a U.S. International Trade Commission hearing on a potential U.S.-United Kingdom trade deal, industry groups offered a list of tariffs and other restrictions they hoped could be reduced or eliminated to improve U.S. market access in the UK, even as the scope of any deal is tied up in the result of Brexit.
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Analysts and former government officials say the partial government shutdown, upcoming elections and national security-based tariffs could delay -- and perhaps thwart -- the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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February 19, 2019
In a lengthy communication made public on Monday, China, India, South Africa and Venezuela defended the World Trade Organization practice of allowing members to self-designate as “developing” and accused the U.S. of being “profoundly disingenuous” in its recent criticisms.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Tuesday said he was doubtful an “ideal” trade agreement with China would come to fruition in weeks.
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February 15, 2019
The United States on Friday proposed four criteria to determine whether a World Trade Organization member could access special and differential treatment, setting up specific parameters for which countries can claim developing status and restricting the practice of self-designation.
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The new spending package President Trump signed on Friday mandates that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative create an exclusion process for the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs that have been imposed on China and allocates funds to the Commerce Department to better its Section 232 exclusion process.
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February 14, 2019
A new report ordered by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommends that the U.S. use the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. and export controls, along with increased international cooperation, to mitigate the effects of China’s burgeoning biotechnology sector, which could present long-term risks and disadvantage U.S. companies.
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Taiwan waded into the World Trade Organization Appellate Body fray on Tuesday with a communication that proposed an approach for members to craft guidelines for how the appeals court, which could be paralyzed as soon as December, should operate in the future.
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Following meetings with President Trump and lawmakers in Washington, DC this week, Colombian President Iván Duque said his country intends to export more to the U.S. market and buy more U.S. products, as well as improve the existing bilateral agreement between the two countries.
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February 13, 2019
House Ways & Means members expect to meet this month with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with some mulling a public hearing to address both USMCA and China.
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The U.S. and Canada are accusing India of exceeding its World Trade Organization limits on market price support for a handful of agricultural products, the two countries said in a counter-notification filed on Tuesday.
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Citing concerns with drug patenting and pricing practices, industry groups are urging the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to keep Colombia and Canada on its list of most egregious intellectual property violators this year, which would require USTR to launch action plans for each country.
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February 12, 2019
Amid reports the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is eyeing a visit to Washington, DC, next month, and following high-level trade talks with the U.S. last week, analysts say they are hopeful a bilateral framework for a potential agreement between the two countries can be outlined soon.
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