Tai, citing APEC, IPEF and WTO reform progress, is ‘bullish’ on 2023

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is “bullish” on the trade prospects for next year, she said on Thursday, citing the U.S.’ upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation host year, momentum in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity negotiations and reform efforts at the World Trade Organization. “I want to be clear on how bullish I am on 2023: We’re hosting APEC, we’ve got momentum going on [IPEF], we are reforming the WTO,” she said at a press conference in Bangkok at the...