House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal said Democrats should prioritize free-trade negotiations with Europe if they’re able to maintain their hold on Congress after the November midterm elections.

This summer, Tai rebranded her predecessor’s bilateral negotiations with Nairobi as the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership, which prioritizes technical cooperation on regulations rather than increasing market access via tariff negotiations.

Neal bemoaned the shifting tide against globalization in the US, which became a punching bag under Trump and has been repeatedly criticized by Tai for failing to equitably spread the benefits of economic growth.

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