Fact Sheet

COMBATING FORCED LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: Today, the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, launched Section 301 investigations into acts, policies, and practices of 60 economies relating to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.

PROTECTING U.S. MANUFACTURING SECTORS AND JOBS: Today, the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, launched Section 301 investigations into acts, policies, and practices of various economies relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors.

ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal that will provide Americans with more certain and streamlined market access in North Macedonia. The United States and the Republic of North Macedonia (North Macedonia) agreed to a Framework for negotiating an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, which will provide American exporters unprecedented access to North Macedonia’s market while bolstering U.S. national and economic security.  

ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, 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”), have reached an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade that will strengthen the economic and trade relationship between the United States of America and Taiwan and provide mutual benefit to both territories, while also facilitating significant expansion and growth to U.S.

CONTINUING TO DELIVER ON RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade agreement that will provide the United States with unprecedented levels of market access in Bangladesh and strengthen our bilateral economic relationship.  The United States and Bangladesh reached an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, a legally binding agreement, that will provide American exporters with access to Bangladesh’s market of 175 million people while bolstering U.S. national and economic security.