Gerrish: ‘We need ASEAN to do more for us’ on market access

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish on Thursday said members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations need to do more to provide reciprocal market access to the United States while reiterating the Trump administration’s preference for bilateral trade deals and focus on reducing trade deficits. “The United States does a lot for ASEAN in terms of market access, we need ASEAN to do more for us,” Gerrish said in a speech to the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, billed as his...