Inside Trade

February 11, 2025

House Oversight chair blasts USTR’s response to digital trade probe, threatens subpoenas

By Oliver Ward  / July 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has failed to address House Oversight and Accountability Committee questions over what role progressive groups and activists played in the agency’s digital trade policy shift, panel Chair James Comer (R-KY) said on Thursday, suggesting subpoenas could be coming. In March, Comer announced a probe into USTR’s decision to drop U.S. support for several digital trade provisions in plurilateral World Trade Organization negotiations on e-commerce, as well as any influence progressive groups might have...

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