Chamber: FOIA results show ‘privileged’ ties between USTR, progressive groups

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week released initial information gained from Freedom of Information Act requests it submitted to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, arguing it shows a “privileged relationship” between the agency and three progressive civil society groups that the Chamber believes influenced a recent U.S. decision to withdraw support from certain digital trade proposals. The Chamber sent its FOIA requests to USTR in December, about two months after USTR announced it was withdrawing U.S. support...