Biden’s trade rep fires back as Republicans escalate attacks
House Republicans grilled U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday over the Biden administration’s decision not to negotiate new tariff-cutting agreements that would require approval by Congress, provoking the normally…
Katherine Tai Holds Ground on Free Trade, Market Access, in Senate Finance Hearing
“With respect to each individual partner and with respect to the U.S. economic situation, we have to make sure that our trade policies are tailored to the needs of our…
Biden Trade Chief Says Traditional Agreements Created Problems
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai told lawmakers that some tariff-lowering agreements have made the US economy vulnerable, and the Biden administration wants to address the problem with a fresh approach…
CPA Supports Hawley Bill to End Normal Trade Relations with China
“China did not—as supporters of granting China MFN wrongly predicted—become more open, democratic, and free market-oriented. Instead, the CCP used autocratic state planning strategies, forced labor, intellectual property theft, and…
New Zealand Exporters Need to Diversify Beyond China, PM Says
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins urged his nation’s exporters not to rely so heavily on China, saying it’s important for them to diversify in an uncertain world. China remains…
An American System for America Prosperity
The ideology of global free trade is not American—nor is it the free market system. America had the highest tariff rates in history at the same time we saw the…
CPA: Congress Should Oppose a Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
An FTA with Taiwan would do little to deter China’s aggression, while undermining critical efforts to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese supply chains and boost domestic production in critical industries….
ITC Study Proves Effectiveness of China Tariffs on Boosting Domestic Production, Reducing Dependence on Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) analyzed the effects of Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs on more than $300 billion of U.S. imports. The USITC report found that the…
DHL Digs Into Trade Data to Track US-China Decoupling
In 2022, the share of imported Chinese goods as a percentage of total US imports fell to 16.6%, down from 21.6% in 2017. At the same time, the value of…
US Tariffs on Metals, Some China Goods Raised American Prices
In a section of “additional views” attached to the report, he said that it paints an incomplete picture because it doesn’t describe or estimate the impact of China’s unfair trade…