Following a close-but-no-cigar failure to secure a deal at the 13th World Trade Organization ministerial conference in February, the chair of the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations is pushing for members to finalize an agreement in the “near future,” outlining a few categories of “desirable adjustments” for the text, including at least one political interlinkage -- on forced labor -- that will have to be resolved.
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“I think that through both efforts we are looking at ways to, frankly, become more regionally integrated, to have more of a coherent, regional economic identity.”
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She’ll speak at a Committee of100 conference featuring “concurrent tracks to cover important content on domestic issues faced by Chinese Americans in the U.S. and foreign relations topics faced by the two countries.”
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Sustainable aviation fuels and other biofuels represent one of the greatest U.S. agricultural trade opportunities, a senior Office of the U.S. Trade Representative official said on Thursday, stressing that the U.S. is working with partners to open new markets for producers.
The European Union and the U.S. have nearly resolved their differences on the substance of a trade agreement on critical minerals, the bloc’s trade minister said on Thursday, contending that the most significant remaining obstacle to a deal was “political.”
China is buying fewer agricultural products from the U.S. this year in part because Beijing wants to send a “signal” to the U.S., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said this week, suggesting the U.S. agriculture trade deficit is in part attributable to the drop in Chinese purchases.
House Ways & Means trade subcommittee ranking member Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) will continue working with senators and the Biden administration to push for his proposal to prevent Chinese shipments from receiving de minimis treatment after Ways & Means Republicans this week advanced alternative legislation he says is insufficient.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is “proud” that her decision to end support for longstanding digital trade positions has given the administration and Congress space to formulate policy, she said this week, rebutting Republican senators’ claims that she was running afoul of bipartisan congressional intent.
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World Trade Organization members this week debated next steps to advance agriculture negotiations after failing to agree to any framework or roadmap for the talks at the 12th and 13th ministerial conferences, with some pushing to build on the text from MC13 while others, including the U.S., are skeptical.
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World Trade Organization members must “be very careful” in invoking the national security exception to prevent a race to the bottom, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Tuesday, urging similar restraint if former President Donald Trump wins re-election and imposes his proposed 10 percent across-the-board tariff.
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President Biden’s call this week for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to triple Section 301 tariffs on steel and aluminum from China is “an indication” that the administration has nearly completed interagency work on a long-awaited review of the Section 301 tariffs imposed on goods from China by President Trump, USTR Katherine Tai said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday made a forceful call for action to address Beijing’s policies in the electric vehicle sector, telling lawmakers the U.S. must take steps now to ensure domestic producers have a fair shot at competing on the global market.
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The Biden administration should consider whether it could use the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to “shock” Mexico into doing more to stem the flow of fentanyl across the border, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) suggested this week – securing a pledge from Attorney General Merrick Garland that he would consider it.
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The U.S. on Tuesday filed its second-ever request for a dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism, this time over a labor dispute at a call center in Mexico.
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday made a forceful call for action to address Beijing’s policies in the electric vehicle sector, telling lawmakers the U.S. must take steps now to ensure domestic producers have a fair shot at competing on the global market.
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Tai, citing Biden, says interagency work on 301 tariff review nearly done
President Biden’s call this week for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to triple Section 301 tariffs on steel and aluminum from China is “an indication” that the administration has nearly completed interagency work on a long-awaited review of the Section 301 tariffs imposed on goods from China by President Trump, USTR Katherine Tai said on Wednesday.
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Ways & Means panel advances GSP, de minimis reform bills; Democrats blast process
The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday advanced a slew of trade bills including proposals to renew and reform the Generalized System of Preferences and limit the range of shipments that qualify for de minimis treatment, completing a lengthy markup session in which panel Democrats assailed the majority’s legislating process.
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Finance members knock Tai on enforcement, digital stance, market access
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday criticized U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai for what they called lax trade enforcement efforts, an abdication of leadership on digital trade policies and for not opening markets for U.S. exporters.
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WTO members consider post-MC13 next steps on agriculture
World Trade Organization members this week debated next steps to advance agriculture negotiations after failing to agree to any framework or roadmap for the talks at the 12th and 13th ministerial conferences, with some pushing to build on the text from MC13 while others, including the U.S., are skeptical.
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