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IPEF Comments Support Trade Facilitation, Lower Tariffs, EGA Negotiations
April 13, 2022 by Mara Lee|Top News

A wide variety of trade groups told the Commerce Department that while they know the administration doesn't intend to tackle tariffs as part of its negotiations with Asian countries, they think offering to lower tariffs on U.S. goods would be the best way to get ambitious commitments in the region, and many said reconsidering the re-named Trans-Pacific Partnership is better than the conceived Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

Topics:Customs duty, USMCA, Forced Labor
USTR Seeks ITAC Member Nominations for 4-Year ‘Charter Term’
April 12, 2022 by Paul Gluckman|Trade

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is accepting nominations for members of any of 15 Industry Trade Advisory Committees (ITACs) for a new four-year “charter term” ending in February 2026, says a notice for Tuesday’s Federal Register. ITACs, under a program run jointly by USTR and the Commerce Department, “provide detailed policy and technical advice, information, and recommendations” on trade barriers, negotiation of trade agreements and the implementation of existing trade agreements affecting industry sectors,” says the notice. ITACs also “perform other advisory functions relevant to U.S. trade policy matters,” it says. There’s no deadline for applications, as the program “will accept nominations throughout the charter term,” it says. The ITACs recently came to light during the Section 301 litigation when it was disclosed in previously confidential “decision memos” that USTR consulted with members in 2018 before imposing the List 3 tariffs on Chinese imports (see 2203250038). ITAC members generally supported the Trump administration’s effort to curb China’s unfair trade practices but expressed concern about the negative effect that the tariffs would have on U.S. businesses and consumers, said one of the memos. None of the advice ITAC members gave USTR proposed “any viable alternatives to increased tariffs as a tool for obtaining the elimination of China’s unfair trade practices,” said the memo.