Eleven House members call on USTR to include market access in Indo-Pacific talks

The U.S. should begin negotiating market access agreements with Indo-Pacific countries, particularly members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, “as swiftly as possible,” 11 House lawmakers wrote in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. ASEAN members “constitute America’s 2nd largest export destination in Asia ($94 billion in 2021) and U.S.-ASEAN trade is expected to grow by 4 to 5 percent annually,” the lawmakers said in an April 8 letter. “These countries offer major opportunities for American-made goods...