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The report was originally set to be submitted to USTR by Jan. 24.

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.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative could suspend India's Generalized System of Preferences benefits as soon as this month, further complicating prospects for a U.S.-India trade deal, according to reports and sources familiar with bilateral talks.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report to Congress on China’s compliance with World Trade Organization rules dismisses the reform efforts of a handful of WTO members because it says their proposals do not adequately address the threat China’s economic model poses to the multilateral trading system.

Lighthizer, Mnuchin will travel to China later this month ahead of Trump’s planned Vietnam meeting with Kim Jong Un.

“It would be unfortunate if the WTO were to encourage the type of unfair and market-distorting trade that was at issue in this case.”

The U.S. International Trade Commission will hold a hearing on the possible economic effects of a U.S.-UK deal on Thursday.

A push led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to conduct trade talks with the European Union in stages could allow the U.S. and EU to sidestep a politically fraught debate over whether to include agriculture in the scope of an initial agreement, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.

“It’s very vital for Japan to maintain independent monetary policy.”