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The groups say Biden’s nominee “has the experience and expertise to secure greater market access for U.S. products and ensure enforcement of clear and fair rules with our trade partners.”
The Iowa Republican senator said the former Iowa governor “spoke up for free trade” when he served as Agriculture secretary under President Obama.
Maria Pagan, deputy general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative since the Obama administration, is serving as acting USTR, the White House officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Nora Todd, a longtime trade adviser for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), this week will become chief of staff at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to an email obtained by Inside U.S. Trade.
Outgoing U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last week touted the Trump administration’s record on trade, defended his office’s work with the incoming trade team during the transition and praised his likely successor, Katherine Tai, saying she has the “right perspective” for the job.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday released the findings of its Section 301 investigation into Vietnam’s currency valuation, concluding that the country’s practices “are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce” and actionable under the statute.
China is, however, living up to its phase-one agreements commitments, USTR said.
Jason Miller served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the National Economic Council during the Obama-Biden administration.
Efforts to reform the Generalized System of Preferences will provide lawmakers important clues about the Biden administration’s trade policy approach, House Ways & Means trade subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said this week.
Nora Todd, a longtime trade adviser for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), is a top candidate to serve as chief of staff for President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.
Whittaker is a former USTR lawyer who has served in the U.S. Mission to the WTO.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Thursday released its annual list of notorious markets for counterfeiting and piracy, addressing “for the first time” how internet platforms facilitate the importation of counterfeit and pirated goods.
Vilsack highlighted the “importance of rebuilding and leveraging our relationships with partners and allies and pursuing a stable trade policy that works for all Americans here at home.”
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued more findings from its Section 301 investigations of digital services taxes imposed by other countries as well as an update on taxes still under consideration.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative plans to release on Thursday a single report on separate Section 301 investigations into Vietnam’s currency and timber practices, a USTR official tells Inside U.S. Trade.
More reports on Section 301 investigations into digital services taxes imposed by countries will be announced by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Thursday, the agency confirmed to Inside U.S. Trade.
A high-level Chinese delegation is expected to visit the U.S. soon after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive said on Wednesday, adding the meeting could pave the way for a dialogue aimed at resetting the relationship.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), poised to chair the Senate Finance Committee once the Democrats take control, said on Wednesday he hopes to move to confirm U.S. Trade Representative-designate Katherine Tai “very soon.”
The AFL-CIO will “quickly” initiate a labor dispute against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement after President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the federation’s president, Richard Trumka, told reporters on Tuesday, saying the Trump administration hindered its efforts after the deal took effect.
The Biden administration will use trade policies to achieve international and domestic goals but will succeed only if stakeholders and officials “across the entire spectrum” of the U.S. economy work together, Biden’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, said on Tuesday.