U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will host the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Free Trade Commission in Arizona on May 22, USTR said on Friday.
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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed Paraguay joining the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity.
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Decarbonizing the shipping industry could significantly alter global trade as emerging supply chains for alternative fuels and vessels offer new opportunities for developing economies, the head of the United Nation’s International Maritime Organization told Inside U.S. Trade this week.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is calling on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to work with her Canadian counterparts to address trade barriers for the U.S. music industry stemming from a new law in Ottawa targeting streaming services.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill that would ban ships loaded at ports located on property “expropriated” by foreign governments from docking in the U.S., measures they say are needed to address recent actions by the Mexican government.
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U.S. businesses must become “extremely vigilant” about changes to their supply chains because Chinese businesses will seek new ways to circumvent newly announced U.S. tariffs, a trade lawyer focused on U.S.-China dealings tells Inside U.S. Trade.
The U.S. and China should avoid escalating measures like the new Section 301 tariffs set to be imposed by the U.S., World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Thursday.
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The newly appointed facilitator for World Trade Organization dispute settlement reform talks is asking delegations to nominate “experts” to help advance the technical work in the negotiations, which will pick up again later this month with parallel technical and heads-of-delegation tracks.
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India has been subsidizing sugarcane production “vastly” beyond World Trade Organization limits in recent years, the U.S. and Australia argued this week, saying they “seek further clarification” from New Delhi about its support for sugarcane.
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The Homeland Security Department on Thursday announced it would add more than two dozen Chinese textile companies to the forced labor-related entity list as a part of its effort to crack down on illicit trade in the sector.
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The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced it was opening investigations requested by a coalition of domestic producers into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, which the petitioners claim are threatening investments enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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The Biden administration “remains steadfastly committed” to using tools under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to address labor issues stemming from a long-running dispute at a mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, despite an adverse panel ruling under the agreement’s novel rapid-response mechanism, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Monday.
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Four senators this week warned the Mexican government that they will consider “all available remedies” if the country does not reverse course on what they say are unlawful actions against a U.S.-owned port and quarry facility that could undermine trade relations.
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The president and senior administration officials are taking pains to contrast their approach to Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods with their predecessors’, knocking former President Trump’s proposed tariff increases as inflationary while maintaining their own approach won’t fuel U.S. price increases.
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Commerce opens AD/CVD probes into solar imports from Southeast Asia
The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced it was opening investigations requested by a coalition of domestic producers into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, which the petitioners claim are threatening investments enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Ambassador: U.S.-Kenya trade accord ‘30 to 40 percent done’
The U.S. and Kenya are just “30 to 40 percent done” negotiating their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman said this week.
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Administration officials insist tariff hikes aren’t inflationary -- unlike Trump’s plan
The president and senior administration officials are taking pains to contrast their approach to Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods with their predecessors’, knocking former President Trump’s proposed tariff increases as inflationary while maintaining their own approach won’t fuel U.S. price increases.
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WTO dispute settlement reform facilitator calls for ‘experts’ to aid talks
The newly appointed facilitator for World Trade Organization dispute settlement reform talks is asking delegations to nominate “experts” to help advance the technical work in the negotiations, which will pick up again later this month with parallel technical and heads-of-delegation tracks.
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