USTR

Greer: ‘Trump Round’ rewrites global trade order around tariffs, investment

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is touting the start of President Trump’s long-anticipated tariff regime as the beginning of a “Trump Round” in international trade where the U.S. will use tariffs to bolster its own industries, both directly and as leverage to secure market access abroad or foreign investment in the U.S. through an array of still-evolving trade deals. “Indeed, by using a mix of tariffs and deals for foreign market access and investment, the United States has laid the...

Growers warn administration of input costs from trade remedies, uncertain supply chains

Antidumping and countervailing duties along with increasingly uncertain supply chains have raised costs for farmers’ inputs such as seeds and fertilizer, agriculture groups told administration officials last week, in a letter that said those factors result “in a calamitous environment who are trying to plan for harvest and next season.” The National Corn Growers Association and 25 state-based corn and soy-based groups on Aug. 1 wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Agriculture Secretary Brooke...

Deputy USTR nominee pledges broader IP enforcement

Bryan Switzer, President Trump’s nominee for the deputy U.S. Trade Representative post covering Asia, textiles, investment, services and intellectual property, vowed during his confirmation hearing on Thursday to broaden enforcement actions on IP violations to target entire countries rather than narrower “one-off” methods employed previously. Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee on July 31 , Switzer – a former longtime State Department official who goes by Rick – repeatedly endorsed the Trump administration’s vision of a stricter approach to China...

White House weighs contingency plans for court loss on tariffs

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday that the administration “will do whatever it takes” to keep President Trump’s tariffs on nearly all of the country’s trading partners in force if the current versions are ultimately struck down in court, even as he insisted that officials are “very confident” in their defense of the policy. During an Aug. 1 Bloomberg News interview , Greer praised the Justice Department’s performance the previous day at a highly anticipated hearing before the U.S...

Greer: USTR focused on finalizing current deals but open to new offers

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday that his office is prioritizing finalizing and implementing already-announced trade deals over continuing negotiations with countries that missed President Trump’s Aug. 1 deadline to avert new, higher tariffs, although they will listen to new proposals from “any country that wants to talk to us.” During an Aug. 1 interview with Bloomberg News , Greer said he was not focused on negotiating with countries that missed the deadline. Rather, he said, USTR is “really...

U.S., China to extend tariff détente if Trump approves

U.S. and Chinese officials are working to extend a pause on trade retaliation the two sides agreed to in May, but President Trump will make the final decision, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in Stockholm on Tuesday following two days of talks. Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are in Sweden for negotiations with their Chinese counterparts, led by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Going into the two days of talks, Bessent said he expected an agreement to extend...

Finance sets confirmation hearing for deputy USTR nominee

The Senate Finance Committee will hear from Bryan Switzer, nominated to serve as deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and three other Trump administration nominees during a joint confirmation hearing next week. Switzer, a former longtime State Department official who goes by Rick, was tapped by President Trump to be deputy USTR for Asia, textiles, investment, services and intellectual property. The July 31 hearing also will feature two Health and Human Services Department nominees, Gustav Chiarello and Michael Stuart, as well as...

Lawmakers urge Greer to press EU on rules that impact energy exports

The European Union is moving ahead on rules that restrict U.S. liquified natural gas and petroleum exports, lawmakers on the Congressional Energy Export Caucus told U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in a letter on Wednesday, urging him to press Brussels in ongoing trade talks on what they say are discriminatory policies. In the July 23 letter , caucus co-chairs Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Carol Miller (R-WV), Lou Correa (D-CA) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and other lawmakers, say EU rules on methane...

Republican senators push for IP, pharmaceutical negotiators at USTR

A group of 18 Senate Republicans is urging U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to appoint a chief intellectual property negotiator and designate an official to lead talks on pharmaceuticals with foreign countries. In a July 18 letter to Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick , released on Monday, the lawmakers wrote that filling the positions would help the administration ensure foreign countries “pay their fair share toward the cost of pharmaceutical research and development.” The letter follows a call from...

Finance advances Barloon to Senate floor after party-line vote

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Joseph Barloon, President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization. Panel members voted 14-13 along party lines to advance his nomination for the deputy U.S. Trade Representative role. He will next face a full Senate vote, which has not yet been scheduled. Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) praised Barloon for his background and said he would “work to restore U.S. leadership at the WTO.” He urged...

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