The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement announced a report detailing actions taken to address workers' rights allegations at the Unique Fabricating facility in Querétaro, Mexico.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and six of her colleagues have sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, expressing concerns about the impact of including skewed digital trade rules in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). The lawmakers argue that these rules could hinder the U.S. government's ability to promote competition, regulate AI, and protect consumer and worker privacy. They are also urging the USTR to prioritize transparency during IPEF negotiations.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2023 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ intellectual property (IP) rights protection …
The Administration may soon reach agreement on an “early harvest” in its ongoing trade negotiations with Taiwan, Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said last week. Negotiations on the US-Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative began last June and “we hope to conclude an early harvest soon,” she told a conference.
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai defended the Administration trade policy yesterday against criticisms that the White House is failing to open new markets by eschewing traditional comprehensive free trade agreements. Instead, the Administration’s focus on a worker-centered trade policy and investment in advanced manufacturing and infrastructure to create new jobs is a better fit for today’s world, Ms. Tai told the audience at the American University Washington College of Law.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Congressional Budget Justification, detailing the agency's budgetary needs and priorities for the coming year. FY 24 payroll is expected to be 23 percent higher than two years prior, while travel at $8.6 million is nearly three times that of FY 22.
The US and Mexico today announced a course of remediation to address repeated denials of rights at a Troy Michigan-based VU Manufacturing’s automotive components facility in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, three miles from the US border.
A US-Mexico-Canada Agreement workshop focused on ongoing efforts to mitigate marine litter and ghost nets in Mexico concluded yesterday in Mexico City according to a readout from the US Trade …
