The Biden administration has agreed to work with the European Union to provide transparency into new subsidies for green technologies, the French and German economy ministers said following meetings on Tuesday with top U.S. officials.
“Ultimately, while all trading partners will benefit from continued economic and population growth in Africa, the region will likely play a large role in shaping global agricultural markets.”
Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) proposes tapping revenue from tariffs on Chinese goods to fund incentives. He also hopes to spur FTA talks in Latin America.
“The EU and India share a deep commitment to ensuring a trade and technology landscape that generates economic gains for our people and companies, underpinned by democratic values.”
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The Chamber of Commerce, however, hopes the administration will “end the trade blockade.”
The Biden administration has agreed to work with the European Union to provide transparency into new subsidies for green technologies, the French and German economy ministers said following meetings on Tuesday with top U.S. officials.
The AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the U.S., this week issued its first-ever comprehensive proposal for how the Biden administration can ensure U.S. policy on the digital economy and trade is truly “worker-centered.”
The U.S.’ annual trade deficit in 2022 grew to $948.1 billion, the highest on record, while total goods trade with China also hit a new high last year as the Biden administration continued a push to move supply chains away from Beijing, according to data released on Tuesday by the Commerce Department.
President Biden will announce during his State of the Union address proposed guidance to ensure construction materials used in federally funded projects are made in the U.S. -- a measure the White House says is crafted to close a loophole in Buy America laws.
India and South Africa have formally objected to a plurilateral push, which includes the U.S., to update rules on domestic regulation of services at the World Trade Organization, arguing that “further information and clarifications” are needed.
Most U.S. trade agreements were not crafted to address supply-chain weaknesses like those revealed during the pandemic -- and may require renegotiation to retrofit them for current challenges, according to U.S. trade officials cited in a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
A World Trade Organization reform retreat focused on development this week did not bring members much closer together on the divisive, expansive topic, but it did feature free-flowing and productive conversations with a focus on what could be accomplished by the 13th ministerial conference early next year.
The U.S. is a “unilateral bully” that views itself as above the law, in direct contradiction to its World Trade Organization obligations, China said on Friday during a meeting in which the U.S. appealed – to a defunct Appellate Body – disputes related to national security and accused Beijing of forcing its hand by undermining the WTO first.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), picked this week to serve as the ranking member of the new House select committee on China, pledged to work to counter Chinese “escalating aggression” and economic coercion but warned against fueling “xenophobia” toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking public comment on whether to further extend exclusions for COVID-19-related products from Section 301 tariffs, which were set to expire at the end of the month.
“We must ensure the viability of Florida's fruit and vegetable growers, who for years have struggled to compete with dumped and unfairly priced Mexican imports.”
The Biden administration should escalate its objections to Mexico’s looming ban on imports of genetically modified corn, several Republican senators told the Agriculture Department’s top trade official on Wednesday.
The U.S. and the European Union must work to find common ground in their approach to green subsidies -- a challenge laid bare by an ongoing dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act -- as well as a range of other climate-related trade issues, representatives from industry and civil society told European officials.
The Biden administration should escalate its objections to Mexico’s looming ban on imports of genetically modified corn, several Republican senators told the Agriculture Department’s top trade official on Wednesday.
Senate Republicans this week added Sens. Marsha Blackburn (TN), Ron Johnson (WI) and Thom Tillis (NC) to the Finance Committee, leaving them one shy of the number of GOP senators on the panel in the last Congress.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken should use upcoming trips to China to campaign against human-rights violations, unfair trade practices and Chinese “aggression,” a group of Senate Republicans said this week.
The U.S. and the European Union must work to find common ground in their approach to green subsidies -- a challenge laid bare by an ongoing dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act -- as well as a range of other climate-related trade issues, representatives from industry and civil society told European officials.
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