Category: katherine tai

US Trade Chief Tai to Unveil Biden’s China Trade Strategy on Monday

WASHINGTON—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will unveil the Biden administration’s long-awaited strategy for the troubled U.S.–China trade relationship in a speech on Monday at a Washington think tank, her office said. Tai will deliver remarks on her review of China trade policy at the Center for Strategic Studies in Washington and participate in a question-and-answer…


USTR Says Tai, Dombrovskis Discussed Challenges From China, Non-Market Economies

WASHINGTON—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and her European Union counterpart discussed common challenges posed by non-market economies, including China, during a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, Tai’s office said in a statement. Tai thanked European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis “for helping to build an important bilateral partnership and working constructively to strengthen the…


US Trade Office Says GM Mexico Labor Case Concluded, Tariff Threat Lifted

WASHINGTON—A U.S. labor complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact over a General Motors plant union vote in Mexico has been successfully concluded, lifting the threat of U.S. tariffs on the factory’s pickup trucks, the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office said on Wednesday. The United States opened the case in May after complaints that workers’ rights…


Top US Trade Official to Have Meeting With WTO Chief on Wednesday

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will have an online meeting on Wednesday with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization, Tai’s media office said, weeks before it holds an import ministerial conference. Tai spoke by telephone earlier this month with the head of the WTO and acknowledged the “difficult logistical challenges” facing the…


US, South Korea Trade Chiefs Discuss Strengthening Supply Chain

WASHINGTON—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo, in a meeting on Monday, emphasized the importance of working together to strengthen supply chains, including for semiconductors, the office of the USTR said in a statement.  


US Trade Boss Tai: We Will Not Incentivize Firms to Move Jobs Overseas

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration said on Monday it was working closely with the United Autoworkers union in pressing Mexico to probe alleged labor rights violations at a General Motors plant in that country, and vowed to fight for a worker-focused trade policy. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told members of the UAW union during a visit…


CCP Mouthpiece Says Beijing Needs More Nuclear Weapons After Trade Talks

China’s hawkish state-run media Global Times said Beijing should increase its build-up of nuclear weapons after recent Sino-U.S. trade talks. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held an online meeting on May 26, the first trade talks for both countries since U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January. Both sides…


Trade Chief Tai Says US Faces ‘Very Large Challenges’ on China

WASHINGTON/BEIJING—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday that the United States still faces “very large challenges” in its trade and economic relationship with China that require the Biden administration’s attention across the board. Tai spoke with Reuters in an interview before her first virtual call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a meeting in…


US Trade Chief Pressured to Lift Duties on Canadian Lumber

WASHINGTON—As U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai prepares to meet her Canadian and Mexican counterparts on Monday to review progress in the new North American trade agreement, she is under pressure from home builders and lawmakers to cut U.S. tariffs on Canadian lumber. Shortages of softwood lumber amid soaring U.S. housing demand and mill production curtailed…


US, China to Assess Phase 1 Deal Soon, Biden Trade Chief Says

WASHINGTON—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday she expects to engage “in the near term” with Chinese officials to assess their implementation of the “Phase 1” trade deal between the two countries, with the outcome to influence the fate of Washington’s punitive tariffs on Beijing. Tai told a Financial Times online event that she…