Press Release

WASHINGTON – After returning from the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference, Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal outlining the WTO’s repeated failure to address trade imbalances and how the United States is driving reform on trade globally to eliminate non-reciprocal practices and protect American workers and businesses.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10, Ambassador Jamieson Greer will travel to Michigan and Ohio to tour a wide range of manufacturing plants, from a drone production facility to a truck assembly plant. During the manufacturing swing, Ambassador Greer will meet with manufacturing workers and industry executives to discuss how the Administration’s trade policies are accelerating America’s reindustrialization, creating jobs, raising workers’ wages, and bringing production lines back to U.S. soil.

WASHINGTON — Today, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick issued the following statements announcing an arrangement on pharmaceutical pricing between the United States and the United Kingdom.

WASHINGTON – One year ago, President Trump used tariffs to protect American workers and bring the world to the negotiating table. The President’s trade program is addressing decades of non-reciprocal trade practices that have undermined America’s global competitiveness. Tariffs and trade deals are delivering tangible results for American workers and their families, decreasing our trade deficit, securing trade deals, reshoring production lines, and putting money back in American workers’ pockets.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative submitted the 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) to President Trump and Congress. The 2026 NTE details significant foreign trade barriers facing U.S. exports and outlines how the Trump Administration is addressing these non-reciprocal practices to ensure a playing field for American workers.

WASHINGTON — The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon ended in impasse early this morning, after an agreement among 164 WTO Members to extend the Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions to December 31, 2030 was blocked by Brazil and Turkey. The WTO’s failure also prevented moving forward with a U.S.-driven reform agenda that all Members endorsed.

WASHINGTON – In a determination published today, a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) panel established under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) found a “severe” denial of labor rights at Camino Rojo, a gold and silver mine owned by Canada-based Orla Mining, Ltd.

YAOUNDÉ – This week, Ambassador Greer is participating in the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. For the kick-off of the meeting, Ambassador Greer outlined how President Trump is restructuring the trading system based on the principles of reciprocity, fairness, and balanced trade to create a level playing field for American farmers, manufacturers, and producers as well as the WTO’s role in this new trade paradigm.

WASHINGTON – Today, on the eve of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Fourteenth Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the United States issued a report outlining its views on several key issues for WTO reform. This report builds on an initial paper issued by the United States in December and is intended to give impetus to reform discussions during and after MC14.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ambassador Jamieson Greer announced the enactment of the U.S.-Japan Action Plan on Critical Minerals. Under this Action Plan, the United States and Japan will develop strategic trade policies and border mechanisms to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities and protect the downstream industries that depend on critical minerals imports.