USTR

Trade negotiators from Washington and Nairobi will exchange text during their next round of discussions in October, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.

“Long-term renewal of the GSP would allow American businesses to better plan for the future and could lead to increased use of the program.”

Following consultations with the Canadian government, the U.S. will refrain from imposing a 10 percent tariff on non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum from Canada, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Tuesday.  

With a robust and challenging domestic agenda likely to occupy a Biden administration if the former vice president wins in November, trade issues -- including World Trade Organization reform -- are unlikely to be a top priority, former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said on Thursday, suggesting a strong USTR will be needed to facilitate real progress in Geneva.

Efforts to correct drafting errors in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing bill are facing roadblocks, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said this week, adding that he hopes to address the provisions before the end of the year.

Former Vice President Joe Biden's “globalist” view of trade policy is increasingly out of step with his own party, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said last week.

The AFL-CIO this month will file a labor complaint against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the union federation’s president, Richard Trumka, said on Thursday.

Having dealt with longstanding U.S. market-access concerns, Taiwan is hoping to initiate trade negotiations before the end of the year, Taipei’s envoy to the U.S., Bi-Kuhn Hsiao, told Inside U.S. Trade this week.