Industry groups to White House: Restore U.S. leadership on digital trade

Recent administration digital trade moves have ceded leverage to foreign powers and granted adversaries like China greater influence in international rulemaking, a coalition of industry groups said on Monday, calling on the White House to reverse course and reassert U.S. leadership. In an April 15 letter to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, more than 40 industry groups assailed the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s recent actions on digital trade and accused the...