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“The next USTR must avoid the use of tariffs as a blunt instrument, and must avoid inaction on trade agreements as well.”
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a rise in the sale of counterfeit goods on the internet, sparking concern among businesses and setting up the U.S. International Trade Commission for an increasingly pivotal role, trade analysts tell Inside U.S. Trade.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) this week will question Katherine Tai, President Biden’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, about the connection between trade policies and the middle class and the importance of opening markets for U.S. exports.
Another tweet echoes Biden’s G7 message: “America is back, and @USTradeRep will work closely with our partners and allies across the globe.”
Katherine Tai, President Biden’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, will testify before the Senate Finance Committee next Thursday, the panel said this week.
“If they’re smart, and I think they are smart, I think they’ll modify it -- they’ll make it look a little bit like his policy, which is what politicians do.”
A Crowell & Moring lawyer addresses a Section 337 case now under presidential review.
Piyush Goyal, India’s minister of railways, commerce and industry, this week said he plans to engage with the Biden administration to construct a new trade package and improve the broader bilateral relationship.
The Senate Finance Committee is aiming to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Katherine Tai, President Biden’s pick to serve as U.S. Trade Representative, several sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.
“The U.S. Trade Representative will continue to consider the action taken in this investigation.”
“Without immediate relief there is a real possibility that the United States could lose the fresh grapefruit market in the EU to other countries that are not subject to this tariff,” the members of Congress wrote.
Ambassadors from the European Union and the United Kingdom this week said they hoped the likely confirmation of Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative would allow progress on pressing trade issues including Boeing-Airbus disputes and a U.S.-UK deal.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday announced key staff members who will help President Biden “build back a better economy,” according to the agency, which revealed a slate of advisers including prominent analysts and Capitol Hill veterans.
The former USTR general counsel and acting deputy for China affairs was nominated twice by President Trump.
Greta Peisch, an international trade counsel with the Senate Finance Committee, has been chosen to serve as the Office of U.S. Trade Representative’s general counsel, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade, saying that an announcement could be made this week.
The agency commits to “ensuring that historically overlooked minority communities fully participate in the drive to increase American competitiveness.”
Nearly 20 U.S.-based organizations, including the Teamsters and some farm groups, urged the Biden administration on Monday to rescind a petition filed in December under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement protesting Canada’s enforcement of the agreement’s dairy provisions.
The Biden administration should fill the position of chief innovation and intellectual property negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, three House Ways & Means Committee Democrats said last week.
The former agricultural negotiator will be chief economist at Aimpoint Research.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has approved nearly all auto companies’ proposals for additional time to reach full compliance with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rules of origin, sources familiar with the process told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday.