Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Senate Finance leaders criticize USTR for lack of consultations on ISDS talks

By Hannah Monicken  / January 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has failed to consult sufficiently with Congress about its talks on investor-state dispute settlement with a handful of trading partners in the Americas, the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee charged on Wednesday – though USTR insists it has done so beyond what is required. In a Jan. 14 letter to President Biden, Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 16 other senators criticized what they called a “lack...

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