WASHINGTON — Pursuant Executive Order 14297, titled Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients, the Office of the United States Trade Representative invites comments from interested parties regarding any act, policy, or practice that may be unreasonable or discriminatory and that has the effect of forcing American patients to pay for a disproportionate amount of global pharmaceutical research and development, including by suppressing the price of pharmaceutical products below fair market value in foreign countries.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II, President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer delivered a major victory for U.S.-UK trade relations, expanding our economic integration while strengthening our national security. This breakthrough deal brokered by President Trump advances the interests of the American people, eliminating trade barriers and enhancing market access for our exporters.

The historic agreement was met with immediate praise from farmers, manufacturers, industry leaders, and lawmakers:

GENEVA – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with President Karin Keller-Sutter and Vice President Guy Parmelin of the Swiss Confederation in Geneva. Both sides agreed to accelerate negotiations on reciprocal trade. The United States welcomes Switzerland’s ambition in these negotiations. USTR looks forward to continuing our negotiations over the next several weeks.

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WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Amphenol Optimize México, S.A. de C.V. (Amphenol), located in the cities of Nogales and Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

WASHINGTON – Today, Ambassador Jamieson Greer issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement of a deal between the United States and the United Kingdom to promote reciprocal trade. Today’s agreement in principle lays the groundwork to reduce tariffs on U.S. products, remove discriminatory trade barriers for U.S. agricultural and industrial goods in the United Kingdom, give U.S. producers reciprocal market access, negotiate strong digital trade provisions, and achieve economic security alignment.

ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a historic trade deal, providing American companies unprecedented access to the UK market while bolstering U.S. national security.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will travel to Geneva, Switzerland later this week. Ambassador Greer will meet with USTR staff at the USTR Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO). He will also meet with President Karin Keller-Sutter of Switzerland to discuss negotiations about reciprocal trade. 

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick met with Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei of Japan.

Ambassador Greer welcomed Japan’s engagement with the United States following recent meetings with President Donald J. Trump and other members of the United States government. 

CHARLOTTE — The United States and United Kingdom jointly convened the 9th U.S.-UK Small- and Medium-Sized (SME) Dialogue in Charlotte, North Carolina. Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business Christina Sevilla and Oliver Christian, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for North America, opened the SME Dialogue. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator for Manufacturing and Trade Lisa Shimkat also provided remarks on small business manufacturing. The event was hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s U.S.