USTR

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a second list of European products that could be hit with higher duties in retaliation for subsidies the World Trade Organization has said the European Union illegally provides to Airbus for large civil aircraft.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet on Tuesday with a House working group tasked to work with the administration on Democratic concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.

The deadline for submitting requests is Sept. 30.

 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer called it “a crucial step forward.”

“I think we have to find some way to help those people. There’s no question that they’re hurting.”

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is working on a “novel trade remedy” to address plastic waste in the world's oceans, he told lawmakers on Tuesday.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday said he was open to working with lawmakers on outstanding U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement concerns, offering to address multiple senators’ requests during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.