Tai calls on ITC to further probe trade’s effects on underserved communities

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is calling on the U.S. International Trade Commission to “build upon” its 2022 report on the effects of trade on underserved communities with a series of five more in-depth reports focused on filling data gaps and related “critical research needs.” The Biden administration has focused on tackling major issues like climate change and inequality, priorities that have extended to USTR. Tai, in 2021, asked the ITC to investigate “the potential distributional effects of goods and...