The Senate on Dec. 18 confirmed the nomination of Julie Callahan to serve as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and approved Jeffrey Goettman to be deputy USTR for Africa, the Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Environment, Labor and Industrial Competitiveness.
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Elena Salazar, R-Fla., asked a State Department official to press Mexico to stop accepting Cuban doctors' services, which she says is human trafficking. Salazar held a hearing on Mexico's relationship with its neighbors this week in the subcommittee.
A bill to allow goods headed for export to Mexico and Canada to avoid tariffs on imported components was introduced this week by five House Republicans and one Democrat.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the Trump administration will recommend renewal of USMCA only if 20 issues can be resolved, and maybe more, as he told Congress this isn't an exhaustive list.
Three Senate Democrats are asking the U.S. trade representative to publish a written report on the administration's objectives for USMCA renegotiations.
Cuts to reciprocal tariffs under a recent trade deal with Switzerland and Liechtenstein will take retroactive effect Nov. 14, according to a notice from the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Cuts to reciprocal tariffs under a recent trade deal with Switzerland and Liechtenstein will take retroactive effect Nov. 14, according to a notice from the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative.
The Trump administration’s China policy looks more like an effort to preserve the fragile trade truce than a negotiation toward a comprehensive trade agreement, according to former U.S. trade officials during a webinar hosted by the Washington International Trade Association last week.
A bipartisan bill was introduced in the House to ask the U.S. trade representative to push Mexico and Canada to establish an investment screening regime and coordinate on "shared threats from investments in strategically important economic sectors and critical infrastructure in North America."
The International Trade Commission is accepting proposals for changes to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System tariff schedule for potential adoption in 2033, it said in a notice. The proposals will be reviewed by the ITC, CBP and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and will be "made a part of the Commission’s record keeping system and available for public inspection." Proposals are due to the ITC by Oct. 1, 2027.