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Week Ahead Guidance for the Week of August 30, 2021 – September 3, 2021

August 29, 2021

Monday, August 30, 2021

Ambassador Katherine Tai will meet virtually with Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Oleksiy Liubchenko. This meeting is closed press.

While in Chicago, Ambassador Tai and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) will tour the Block Steel Corporation. The tour is open press.

The Ambassador will also meet with members of the Chicago Federation of Labor. The opening remarks from the meeting are open press.
 
Press interested in covering either event must RSVP to media@ustr.eop.gov.

Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Ambassador Tai and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14) will tour the Aurora Specialty Textiles. Following the tour, they will hold a press conference with women-led manufacturing firms and union workers. The tour and press conference are open press. Press interested in covering this event must RSVP to media@ustr.eop.gov.
 
Ambassador Tai will also meet virtually with the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa (TACA). This meeting is closed press. 
 
Later in the day, the Ambassador will return to Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021
 
Ambassador Katherine Tai will conduct meetings with staff. These meetings are closed press.
 
Thursday, September 2, 2021
 
Ambassador Katherine Tai will meet virtually with Colombia’s Minister of Commerce Maria Ximena Lombana. This meeting is closed press.

Friday, September 3, 2021
Ambassador Katherine Tai will conduct meetings with staff. These meetings are closed press.

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