EU trade official: Biden’s 'Buy America' plans make U.S. ‘less free’

The Biden administration is sending mixed signals on procurement policy as the European Union works to improve its ties with the U.S. and move from “problem” to “partner,” an EU trade official said on Tuesday. The president’s expanded “Buy America” plans make the U.S. “less free,” said Tomas Baert, head of trade and agricultural policy at the EU Delegation in Washington, DC, during a virtual event hosted by the Washington Foreign Law Society. But he also welcomed the Biden administration’s...