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Rep. Sewell suggests ‘skinny’ digital deals could be struck with Australia, Singapore

June 23, 2020 at 4:23 PM
A House Ways & Means Committee member last week raised the prospect of digital trade deals with Australia and Singapore in blasting the administration’s penchant for what she called “politically expedient” agreements and insufficient consultation with Congress. During a June 17 committee hearing on the administration’s 2020 trade agenda, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) knocked the U.S. Trade Representative for striking “skinny” trade deals with Japan and for contemplating others. “Now it appears that this administration that this administration is doubling...

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