* 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 […]