Pagán: U.S. pulled back on WTO e-commerce proposals to ‘match’ IPEF stance

The Biden administration decided to withdraw its support for certain e-commerce proposals in plurilateral negotiations at the World Trade Organization to “match” its pause on those same digital trade issues in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity talks, a top U.S. trade official said this week. During a Nov. 20 webinar hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative María Pagán, who is the U.S. ambassador to the WTO, confirmed the U.S. was refraining from...