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USTR
(In Trade)
September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019
“We do not believe a provision requiring parties to adopt a Section 512-style safe harbor system of the type mandated by Article 20.89 should continue to be included in future trade agreements.”
(Daily News)
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Five House Democrats say they have learned “at the 11th hour” that a nascent U.S. trade deal with Japan will offer U.S. dairy farmers “inferior market access.”
(Daily News)
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
A group of House Democrats next week will present U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer a response to the agency’s attempt to address concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) said on Friday, adding that the two sides had agreed to “intensify” negotiations.
(In Trade)
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
The U.S. says Korea is failing to abide by the deal's environment chapter by not enforcing the rules of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
(Text Document)
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
(In Trade)
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
Products exempted include Christmas tree lighting, bicycles, dog leashes and plastic straws.
(Daily News)
September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
With U.S. lobster exports to China down more than 80 percent since June 2018, Massachusetts lawmakers including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) are growing increasingly concerned about their state's industry, and asking for help in finding new markets.
(Text Document)
September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
(In Trade)
September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019
Beyer is a former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland.
(In Trade)
September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
Araújo planned to pitch a proposal that would facilitate the entry of goods from companies “pre-approved” by both countries, according to Brazilian media reports.
(Daily News)
September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
House Ways & Means Committee trade panel leaders are circulating a letter urging the Trump administration not to lower the U.S. de minimis threshold as part of a renegotiated NAFTA, contending that doing so would override congressional authority.
(Daily News)
September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday submitted a formal counterproposal to the House Democrats’ U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group, according to a House Ways & Means Committee spokesperson.
(Daily News)
September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019
Deputy-level officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Washington, DC, next week to continue preparations for high-level talks next month, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.
(In Trade)
September 09, 2019
September 09, 2019
The legislation would ban imports of beef, soybeans, leather and hide, timber, sugar, pulp and paper, tobacco, corn and petroleum goods “contributing to deforestation,” and it would keep USTR from striking a trade deal with the country.
(Daily News)
September 05, 2019
September 05, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has been instructed to draft text for a partial trade deal with India that the administration hopes to announce at the United Nations General Assembly summit later this month, Inside U.S. Trade has learned.
(In Trade)
September 05, 2019
September 05, 2019
Lighthizer, Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He set up the next round during a phone call this week.
(In Trade)
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019
The information will inform the 2020 National Trade Estimate.
(File Document)
August 29, 2019
August 29, 2019
(In Trade)
August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019
The group says South Africa is failing to protect U.S. copyrighted work
(Daily News)
August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019
The Democratic Republic of Congo is asking the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to restore its benefits under the African Growth Opportunity Act, claiming its new administration has made progress in addressing the political corruption and human rights violations that led USTR to revoke its AGOA eligibility in 2011.