Sentences with phrase «own trade representatives»

The advisory group, in a report submitted to Congress and the U.S. trade representative in late June, suggested the USTR borrow exact language pertaining to the agricultural sector and suggested using the Asiawide trade deal as the basis for text on environmental and labor regulation, with «additional strengthening of measures beyond what was in TPP,» according to a copy of the June 30 letter obtained by CNBC.

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is due to travel to China next week along with...

Lighthizer [who is U.S. Trade Representative] and [National Economic Council] Director Kudlow to take another look at whether or not a better deal could be negotiated.»

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he did not desire to change China's economic system but wanted to...

The U.S. Trade Representative said Mexico and Canada will be subject to the duties, despite previous reports that they may be spared.

Trump said in his statement that the U.S. Trade Representative will discuss resolving separate antidumping and countervailing duty measures imposed on Chinese solar products and U.S. polysilicon.

The mission including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is due to hold talks later Thursday and Friday with Chinese officials led by Liu He, President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser.

China will impose counter tariffs on a broad range of U.S. businesses from agriculture to aircraft, autos, semiconductors and services if the trade conflict with the United States continues to escalate, Chinese state - owned media China Daily newspaper said in an editorial on Thursday, a day after US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he would give China a 60 - day window before tariffs on Chinese goods take effect.

The trade representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, told Congress he intends to begin talks with Canada and Mexico in mid-August.

By week's end, even US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, one of the administration's fiercest China hawks, seemed to be taking a more dovish line.

Neutral reports on the Trump administration's trade policy tend to include a line advising readers that most economists disagree with just about everything that comes out of the mouths of the president, Ross and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he did not desire to change China's economic system but wanted to limit the damage it causes to the United States and encourage more foreign competition.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, trade advisor Peter Navarro and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer all backed the measures.

CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports on the U.S. Trade Representative's annual report on intellectual property violations.

The U.S. Trade Representative will announce the rules for requesting an exclusion by Feb. 22.

CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports on comments from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the trade delegation heading to China.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is leading the process for country exemptions, except for the European Union, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is leading.

The more significant of the two orders would give the Commerce Department and the U.S. Trade Representative 180 days to identify violations and abuses under U.S. trade agreements and recommend solutions.

«Imposing tariffs or putting up trade barriers may sound good, but it will hurt our economy and credibility,» said Wendy Cutler, the former acting deputy U.S. Trade Representative who helped lead U.S. negotiations in the 12 - nation Trans - Pacific Partnership trade deal last year.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are among the U.S. officials participating in the meeting.

As The Post pointed out, however, the Office of the United States Trade Representative maintains that the US has a trade surplus with Canada, the US's biggest trading partner, with whom it does more than $ 300 billion in bilateral business annually.

CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on Apple CEO Tim Cook's visit to the White House and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative today.

All three parties want to move forward,» U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer told CNBC on Wednesday.

Dalio cited President Donald Trump's decision on Thursday to instruct the U.S. trade representative to consider $ 100 billion in additional tariffs against China.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross are working on requests for exemptions and exclusions from foreign countries and U.S. businesses, Navarro said.

Verheul's blunt assessment appeared to fly in the face of the more optimistic note U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer tried to sound earlier Wednesday during an interview with U.S. broadcaster CNBC.

The U.S. Trade Representative's office is due to rule on an investigation into China's policies following concerns over their impact on intellectual property rights.

«Addressing the U.S. trade deficit is a top priority in renegotiating #NAFTA,» the U.S. Trade Representative's office said in a tweet on Monday, breaking its silence since the talks began last Friday.

The wage demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting on trade held by U.S. President Donald Trump with governors and members of Congress at the White House on April 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived in Mexico City to close out the second round of talks to modernize the North American Free trade agreement on Tuesday along with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo.

Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told a news conference in Toronto that she would be traveling to Washington on Tuesday to meet with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Trump would also instruct the US trade representative to notify Mexico and Canada of the administration's intention to propose amendments to the deal, which, as CNN reported, «could include measures on currency manipulation, lumber, country - of - origin labeling and environmental and safety standards.»

Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, economist Peter Navarro and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer remain to press for a harder line on China.

Blacklisted again The US Trade Representative has added Alibaba's Taobao to its annual blacklist of the world's most «notorious markets» for sales of pirated and counterfeit goods for the second year.

His visit was partly aimed at bolstering support in Congress for NAFTA at a time when tax legislation is consuming lawmakers» attention and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is growing frustrated with the slow pace of NAFTA talks.

Unfair trade practices detailed by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative accuse China of using «joint venture requirements, foreign investment restrictions, and administrative review and licensing processes to force or pressure technology transfers from American companies.»

In an exchange with reporters between sessions at the U.S. trade representative's office across from the White House, Freeland said she and her peers are now down to the finest details on auto rules of origin.

He directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to negotiate with countries seeking to turn their temporary tariff exemptions into permanent ones.

The U.S. visitors include Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro and new White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow.

Meanwhile, the current round of NAFTA renegotiations has been rocky, with US trade representatives making harsh demands that their Canadian and Mexican counterparts are reportedly not happy with.

«Trump created a crisis for NAFTA in order to appeal to his protectionist constituencies,» said Robert Zoellick, Bush's U.S. trade representative.

In response, President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has instructed the United States Trade Representative to consider $ 100 billion in additional tariffs against China.

«The climate it creates stops investment,» said Carla Hills, trade representative under President George H.W. Bush.

The seventh round of negotiations wrap up Monday in Mexico City, with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer due to meet with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, just hours after Trump's tweet.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he would try to find ways to limit the damage China's economic system causes to the United States without changing the system.

The former U.S. Trade Representative signed NAFTA, which he more recently called a «mixed bag» in referring to its success, and he voted to fast - track the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday that if a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement can not be reached with Canada and Mexico in about three weeks, its approval by the U.S. Congress could be in jeopardy.

Trump instructed Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last year to probe allegations that China violates U.S. intellectual property.

We're trying right now with [U.S. Trade Representative] Bob Lighthizer and the whole group.