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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is floating a digital services tax similar to a French tax that led the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to launch a Section 301 investigation earlier this year.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has responded “favorably” to a counterproposal from the House Democrats' working group negotiating U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement issues with the administration, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) told reporters.
The Trump administration's U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing bill is being eyed as a potential trade-off for a pension measure that might ensure more Democratic support for the trade deal, according to a report issued this week by a conservative think tank.
Despite the launch of an impeachment inquiry this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday implored fellow Democrats to stay focused on moving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement forward in talks with the administration, according to a key lawmaker.
House Democrats working with the Trump administration on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement say a newly announced impeachment investigation into the president is unlikely to derail USMCA in Congress.
And the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), warned Democrats against mixing the two issues.
A group of House Democrats next week will present U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer a response to the agency’s attempt to address concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) said on Friday, adding that the two sides had agreed to “intensify” negotiations.
“We can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said.
“There's a lot of uncertainty in this industry. And this negotiation is looking for certainty for the next four years for these workers.”
Donohue said his prediction was “not just based on some thought I came up with in the middle of the night.”
House Ways & Means Committee trade panel leaders are circulating a letter urging the Trump administration not to lower the U.S. de minimis threshold as part of a renegotiated NAFTA, contending that doing so would override congressional authority.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday submitted a formal counterproposal to the House Democrats’ U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group, according to a House Ways & Means Committee spokesperson.
“We're hoping to get this thing done within the next 30 to 60 days.”
The U.S. International Trade Commission did not meet its obligations under U.S. law when it calculated antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber, a North American Free Trade Agreement panel ruled on Thursday.
Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Martha Bárcena on Wednesday suggested that Mexico, Canada and the U.S. take preparatory steps toward establishing a dispute-settlement roster for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ahead of U.S. ratification, recognizing some U.S. lawmakers' concerns over the deal's enforceability.
As Congress prepares to return to work next week following a lengthy recess, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has yet to submit formal, comprehensive counterproposals to the House Democrats’ U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group, according to a House Ways & Means Committee spokeswoman.
AUBURN, NE – Representatives of Nebraska farm groups put the frustration of their members front and center on Thursday in a public event with Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), calling on Congress and the administration to address trade concerns and pursue additional markets
In a series of bilateral meetings on the margins of the G7 leaders’ summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump addressed pressing trade issues with his counterparts, including looming auto tariffs, trade tensions with China and World Trade Organization reform.