Every week, the USTR website will explore a new trade topic, with background information and current trade data. On July 21 and 22, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be in Singapore at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial meeting - so this week's trade topic is U.S. trade relations with APEC member economies.
May 09, 2024
WASHINGTON – The United States and Kenya will hold a fifth in-person negotiating round under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) in Washington, D.C., from May 13-17, 2024. The United States delegation will be led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Constance Hamilton and will include representatives from several other U.S. government agencies.
May 08, 2024
WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Los Angeles, California from May 10 to May 11, 2024.
May 08, 2024
MANILA – The United States and the Philippines today convened working group meetings on agriculture and labor under the U.S.- Philippines Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
May 05, 2024
USTR Staff Travel:
May 07, 2024
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the United States and the Republic of Iraq convened the third meeting of the United States-Iraq Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council. The Council meeting was co-chaired by the Office of the U.S.
May 07, 2024
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced that Neil Beck will serve as Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for World Trade Organization (WTO) and Multilateral Affairs. Mr. Beck previously served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative in the same office.
On May 17, 2023, Argentina requested consultations with the United States with respect to (i) the definitive anti-dumping measure imposed on oil country tubular goods(OCTG) from Argentina, and (ii) certain provisions of the United States' legislation regarding cross-cumulation of imports in assessing injury caused by imports in anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Argentina claimed that the definitive anti-dumping measure on OCTG from Argentina appears to be inconsistent with:
May 03, 2024
TAIPEI – The United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), held an in-person negotiating round for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in Taipei, Taiwan, from April 29 through May 3, 2024.
May 01, 2024
Workers are the backbone of the economy—not only in America, but all around the world. Their success is our collective success, and today, we celebrate and honor workers everywhere in solidarity, as one.
