Our most-read: USTR portfolios adjusted; much ado about China
Topping the charts: Departing USTR officials produce revamped assignments . The U.S. Office of the Trade Representative has shuffled some assignments following the departure of one deputy and likely departure of another. The new alignment shifts the role of Michael Nemelka, confirmed in August to serve as deputy USTR with a portfolio that included China. Added to Nemelka’s broad assignment (environment, labor, Africa, Western Hemisphere) is industrial competitiveness and intellectual property, but the China assignment has temporarily been given to...