Wyden to press Tai about worker-centric trade issues, opening up markets

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) this week will question Katherine Tai, President Biden’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, about the connection between trade policies and the middle class and the importance of opening markets for U.S. exports. Tai, who is set to testify before the Senate Finance panel on Thursday, will be asked by Wyden “how we can use the entire trade toolbox in order to have an approach that will put American workers on better footing,” he...