USTR Participates in APEC Discussions on IPR, Agricultural Trade Issues
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attended the Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group May 20-21 in Hanoi, where discussions touched on strengthening intellectual property rights and eliminating barriers to agricultural trade, the Office of…
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the U.S. Trade Representative said (here). “It was important to me to come to APEC first and foremost to reaffirm the President’s strong commitment to promoting bilateral free and fair trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region,” Lighthizer said in a statement. “APEC provides a great opportunity to focus energy on the barriers to its stated objective of free and open trade -- a goal that cannot be met without tackling trade-distorting measures that have led to massive U.S. trade imbalances in the region." Lighthizer also met with trade ministers of Canada, Japan, Mexico, Vietnam, China and Australia, USTR said.