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Brendan Lynch had been serving as acting AUSTR since last March.

Thu, 5:10 PM

Yeo Han-koo, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former Korean trade minister, on the proposed sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel.

Thu, 4:52 PM

Our weekly survey of who’s saying what.

Thu, 11:22 AM

The agency said it expects the Africa Trade Desk to facilitate “at least $300 million in export sales” between the U.S. and Africa over the next 18 months.

Wed, 6:21 PM

“This round of negotiations will primarily cover three of the topics under the STIP: (1) agriculture, (2) workers’ rights, and (3) environment.”

Wed, 4:22 PM
Climate and trade
By Margaret Spiegelman

BRUSSELS -- As the European Commission nears the end of a five-year mandate that has produced a suite of sustainability policies with impacts on trade, officials here are working to assure other countries the bloc is committed to “continuous” engagement as it irons out key details about how the rules will work in practice.

By Jason Asenso

The U.S. must build upon the African Growth and Opportunity Act by extending beneficiaries free trade agreements or by forging new critical mineral deals, analysts proposed on Wednesday.

By Hannah Monicken

China is challenging five tax credits established or modified by the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act at the World Trade Organization, including four related to renewable energy production in addition to the electric vehicle credit, according to Beijing’s official request for consultations, which argues the measures violate several WTO rules.

By Hannah Monicken

Emerging economies and developing countries must take on more leadership at the World Trade Organization, the WTO director-general said on Thursday, arguing that the “dynamics” have shifted – and successful reform will require that members beyond the U.S. take up this mantle.

By Hannah Monicken

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday asked five civil society groups to preserve communications with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative related to the agency’s decision to rethink its digital trade stance.

By Oliver Ward

The United Kingdom hopes this year to strike a mutual recognition agreement with the U.S. that covers engineering qualifications and is exploring other professional services that could present opportunities for similar accords, a UK Department for Business and Trade official told Inside U.S. Trade this week.

  • The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is a “groundbreaking tool” to address the climate crisis and strengthen supply chains, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday, responding to China’s plan to pursue a World Trade Organization dispute against Washington over IRA tax credits for electric vehicles.

  • A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruling has partially sided with China in a dispute brought by Beijing against Australian antidumping and countervailing measures on three products from China, a dispute that came in the midst of what U.S. officials at the time called Chinese “economic coercion” against Canberra.