A Republican member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is pressing the Biden administration to open a national security probe into imports of electric vehicles and their components, including batteries.
At the third Summit for Democracy, which kicked off on Monday in Seoul, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Poland and South Korea agreed to commitments announced last year.
The virtual meeting will be the first since APEP leaders gathered at the White House last November.
“U.S. businesses that invest in this sector are committed to their operations and workers even during these dire times but need assurance that the HOPE/HELP program will continue without interruption.”
The U.S. delegation will aim to “promote inclusive economic prosperity, food security, and the creation of good jobs that benefit Guatemalans.”
A Republican member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is pressing the Biden administration to open a national security probe into imports of electric vehicles and their components, including batteries.
Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Monday requested a slew of documents and communications between the Energy Department, other agencies and stakeholders about the administration’s decision to pause liquefied natural gas export approvals to non-free trade agreement countries.
The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation’s traceability requirements will be “nearly impossible” for the U.S. paper and wood pulp industry to meet, 27 senators have told U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, pressing her to push to ensure the EU’s rules target countries where deforestation is likely to occur.
Senior U.S. and European Union officials met on Friday to discuss EU energy security, the development of clean energy supply chains and critical minerals, among other issues.
A top Canadian official is spearheading an effort to revive a dormant U.S.-Canada council for regulatory cooperation, she tells Inside U.S. Trade, calling it an “ideal forum” to address trade irritants before they devolve into disputes.
The Agriculture Department’s new “Product of USA” labeling rules could clash with U.S. World Trade Organization and U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement commitments, the Canadian and Mexican governments are warning.
China is proposing to beef up information sharing and cooperation within the Information Technology Agreement at the World Trade Organization, arguing that trade in information and communication technology products is vital for the global economy.
At the 13th ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi last month, World Trade Organization members reaffirmed their commitment to work toward a fully functioning dispute settlement system by the end of this year, but the process for achieving such a result will be in flux when negotiators return to Geneva.
The U.S. and its North American partners need to craft a “proactive strategy” to address the challenge posed by Chinese electric vehicles and complement more defensive tools like trade enforcement and remedies, analysts said on Wednesday.
The Biden administration is asking Congress for more money to counter what it calls increasingly aggressive Chinese policies, according to fiscal year 2025 budget justification documents released this week.
Mexico is invoking several exceptions in response to U.S. claims that the country’s policies toward genetically engineered corn run afoul of sanitary and phytosanitary provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, likely bolstering an otherwise difficult-to-win case, an analyst tells Inside U.S. Trade.
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced legislation to reinstitute national security tariffs on steel imports from Mexico to address what they contend is a “surge” of steel products coming into the U.S.
The worker-centered trade policy championed by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is part of the Biden administration’s broader shift away from “outdated theories” to “new paradigms” that are based on the reality of the global economy and lessons learned in recent years, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said on Wednesday.
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity members on Thursday published proposed texts on the clean economy and the fair economy pillars as well as an overarching agreement creating a ministerial IPEF council set to meet annually.
Representatives of business associations are warning the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative not to cull descriptions of digital trade barriers from its annual National Trade Estimate – but the agency argues a new approach is warranted.
An “unambitious” trade agenda has prompted a steep agricultural trade deficit, a group of 22 Senate Republicans charged on Wednesday, urging Biden administration officials to boost exports by returning to a more traditional trade policy that prioritizes new agreements and market access.
The U.S. and its North American partners need to craft a “proactive strategy” to address the challenge posed by Chinese electric vehicles and complement more defensive tools like trade enforcement and remedies, analysts said on Wednesday.
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