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.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai sent the following letter yesterday regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) to Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy:
Secretary Marcelo Ebrard
Secretariat of Economy
Mexico City, Mexico
Dear Secretary Ebrard:
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has appointed four individuals to serve as Indigenous Peoples’ representatives on the Observer delegation from the United States to the Partnership Council of the Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement (IPETCA).
On March 26, 2024, China requested consultations with the United States with respect to certain subsidies that the United States allegedly provides under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that are contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods or that otherwise discriminate against goods of Chinese origin.
January 20, 2025
Washington, DC – The U.S. Trade Representative has issued findings in the Section 301 investigation of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) targeting the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance, concluding that the PRC’s targeted dominance in these sectors is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today Ambassador Katherine Tai met with Minister Luis Carlos Reyes of Colombia’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Tourism to welcome agreement of the United States and Colombia on a decision of the Free Trade Commission (FTC) of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) interpreting provisions of the TPA investment chapter.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative today released its 2024 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance, which details the Biden-Harris Administration’s assessment of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) membership in the World Trade Organization.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative today released model negotiating texts in furtherance of the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of building a more resilient global trading system.
January 20, 2025
WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced today the publication of the first-ever Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor. The strategy is the first time the United States has laid out a comprehensive approach to using trade tools to combat forced labor. It includes a range of actions the United States is taking and will consider utilizing to address forced labor.
