* More US Senate, business, and allied pressure to join TPP, also just favorably reviewed at the WTO;* Administration’s ban on Uyghur forced-labor polysilicon from China conflicts with its solar push; Senate Foreign Relations approves Uyghur protection bill;* Trade talks with Taiwan start this Wednesday, and some US vaccines will go to Taiwan despite Chinese […]
Congress grills USTR Tai on US Trans-Pacific Partnership absence, vaccine rights giveaway
The May 10th to May 16th, 2021 roundup of major trade developments, with L.C. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified in Congress this week on President Biden’s Trade Policy Agenda. This is the document that the USTR produces early each year laying out the administration’s trade plans. During her solo appearance to explain and defend […]
UK to apply for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership
Also featured: US-UK trade treaty in early discusssion, Biden endorses the Jones Act, Raimondo confirmation runs into China problems, Biden’s Buy American plans face obstacles, EU to try to resolve WTO Appelate Body crisis The weekly trade report with L.C. As expected, the United Kingdom will formally ask to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on […]
Biden trade policy is “Trump Lite”
The weekly trade report with L.C. Joe Biden, presumed Democratic candidate for President in November, continued laying out details of his proposed policies this week. His economic and “Trump Lite” trade policies lean heavily in the direction of populist nationalism. They suggest that the former vice president doesn’t want to veer too far from the […]
US trade policies hurting farmers, driving allies closer to China
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The Trump administration’s trade policies are facing serious threats worldwide. One of the president’s first acts in office was to exit the twelve-country Transpacific Partnership (TPP-12) negotiated by the previous administration. Japan, however, kept the free-trade-oriented pact alive minus the US, and now the American cows are coming home, literally (see […]
