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Esteban Moctezuma will help “identify and promote trade and investment opportunities” within the USMCA framework, the embassy said.
The separate meetings will cover COVID-19 relief efforts and other issues, including the new U.S.-Canada Partnership Roadmap.
The Biden administration this week signaled interest in continuing efforts to boost trade and economic engagement with Brazil, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Brazilian counterpart holding introductory talks and the White House saying it hopes to grow trade between the two countries in the coming months.
Jake Sullivan on Thursday spoke with counterparts from France, Germany, the UK and Japan.
Trade negotiations between the U.S. and Switzerland were “stalled” by the pandemic as well as by Brexit-related complications and the U.S. presidential race, the former U.S. ambassador said this week, revealing that the negotiations were set to be a focus if former President Trump had won a second term.
Recent regulatory actions in Mexico have created “significant uncertainty” about its energy sector and damaged the investment climate, and they could run afoul of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, top U.S. officials this week said in a letter to their Mexican counterparts.
The department cited the transition to the Biden administration in announcing it had scrapped all travel plans this week, including Secretary Pompeo’s trip to Europe.
“Taiwan-U.S. relations have been elevated to a global partnership,” Taiwan’s foreign minister said.
Juster, calling for a broad trade deal with the U.S., said India can become “an alternative destination for manufacturing investments” if it takes “further action.”
The State Department under President Biden must prioritize restoring U.S. leadership and alliances on trade and climate issues, analysts said on Tuesday, advocating in particular for the U.S. to rejoin – or renegotiate – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership and to work with allies on carbon border adjustments.
Following a recent U.S.-Taiwan economic dialogue, Taipei’s envoy to Washington, Bi-khim Hsiao, on Monday said a trade deal between the two countries was “a logical next step.”
The Policy Planning Staff writes that the U.S. must “work with friends and partners to reconfigure supply chains to eliminate dependence on China for critical materials and goods.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked trade during meetings with high-level officials in India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia this week, stressing U.S. hopes for stronger economic ties throughout the region -- and Jakarta in particular.
After months of negotiations, the U.S. and Brazil on Monday will announce a limited agreement on trade facilitation, good regulatory practices and anti-corruption, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said in Brazil.
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met with administration officials and lawmakers on Wednesday in an attempt to ease concerns over the Good Friday Agreement as the UK tries to ensure trade talks with the U.S. are not deterred by a Brexit fallout.
“My view is that the tide has turned.”
Mohammad Lutfi reportedly predicted negotiations on a deal “to exempt products to the U.S. that have duties below 5 percent without having to go through Congress.”
Sen. Rubio urges State Department to send an envoy to Taipei.
Senior U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing the establishment of a consultation mechanism to align the region’s “essential sectors” and target supply chains that could be reshored, Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Martha Bárcena told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday.