Sentences with phrase «trade representative»

Trump is expected to finalize the tariffs — 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum — later in the week, posing a tough challenge for U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo.

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.

Mexico City, Mexico: (L - R) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Chrystia Freeland, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during the press conference of NAFTA Negotiations.

The US dairy industry aims to work with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on a number of trade policy issues including the renegotiation of NAFTA, expanding market access channels in Asia, and preventing the loss of common food names.

A recent example of Anne's work was a project involving researching and writing numerous briefs for the plaintiff international food company in a case brought against the U.S. Trade Representative for damages arising from the wrongful imposition of retaliatory duties, which the plaintiff food company won on summary judgment.

Everybody, all economies, will be adversely affected, the only question is how much,» Michael Froman, who was United States trade representative under the Obama administration, told me in an interview on Sunday.

Beijing and Mexico City «are just going to retaliate on the things that are likely to hurt us most,» said Susan Schwab, the U.S. Trade Representative from 2006 to 2009 in the George W. Bush administration.

The breakthrough would allow the «swift conclusion» on talks to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) at the WTO in Geneva later this year, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman told reporters on Tuesday.

She was also seen in a Michael Kors sleeveless double - faced sheath dress worn with a white cardigan during a visit at the United States Trade Representatives office in Washington.

Ambassador Lighthizer and Korean Trade Minister Hyun - chong Kim co-chaired the meeting today at the offices of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, DC.

Lighthizer is a well - known trade attorney who served as the United States» deputy trade representative under Pres. Ronald Reagan.

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

«It's going to give us an opportunity, and one of the best guys in the administration, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer [the US trade representative], to negotiate a great deal for this country, and if we get that, then all's good with Canada and Mexico.»

Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative who led the inquest, told legislators on March 22 that aeronautics, modern rail, new energy vehicles and high - tech products would be subject to the new tariffs.

Kenya's profile as a preferred tourist destination is expected to rise as Kenya Tourism Board hosts 150 travel trade representatives from various countries.

Bush also gave Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who served as U.S trade representative and budget director in his administration, $ 2,700 for his primary race and another $ 2,700 for the general election.

The report of the United States Trade Representative on China is a biased political document that has further inflamed anti-China sentiment in America.

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They've been very, very slow on completing the hearings and voting on our new U.S. trade representative Bob Lighthizer.

Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao (L) and Chinese Vice Commerce Minister and Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen attend a news conference in Beijing, China, April 4, 2018.

Washington, D.C. — The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today announced that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has issued a complete and resounding victory for the United States in finding that U.S. «dolphin - safe» labeling requirements comply with WTO rules.

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

The move came just hours after the United States Trade Representative released a list of proposed tariffs on some $ 50 billion worth of Chinese imports.

In fact, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization on October 7 concerning roughly 200 subsidies that China has failed to report over the last five years, including to solar companies.

This requirement effectively precludes U.S. - based cloud - computing suppliers from participating in the process, unless they replicate data storage and processing facilities in Canada, the U.S. trade representative noted.

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.

The recent U.S. Trade Representative NAFTA aspirational paper, «Summary of Objectives for the NAFTA Renegotiation», states that «since the deal came into force in 1994, trade deficits have exploded, thousands of factories have closed, and millions of Americans have found themselves stranded, no longer able to utilize the skills for which they had been trained.»

Once you've selected countries as likely sources, contact trade representatives at the appropriate embassies.

On Tuesday, the US trade representative announced a list of roughly 1,300 Chinese goods worth $ 50 billion annually that would be subject to new US tariffs, which function as taxes on imports.

On Jan. 21 Dimas was accused of snubbing the U.S. trade representative when he declined to meet with her to discuss the GM dispute.

BP's influential trade representative, Eurogas, was the strategy's prime advocate in Brussels.

CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports on Canadian and Mexican trade representatives planning to remain in DC until a trade deal can be made.

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.

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.»

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative stepped into the Samsung - Apple battle and vetoed the ruling from the International Trade Commission earlier in the summer.

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.

Expect appointment of a more aggressive US Trade Representative open to threatening the use of unilateral trade measures.

According to Trump's own trade representatives, the answer is no — the U.S. does run a deficit with Canada when it comes to goods, but its surplus in services far outweighs that, leaving an overall surplus of $ 12.5 billion for 2016.

Statistics from the office of the U.S. Trade Representative paint a portrait opposite to Trump's assertion that the U.S. has a deficit with Canada

There's a «serious risk» of losing NAFTA because of Trump's approach, said Robert Zoellick, the former World Bank president and ex-U.S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush.

The U.S Trade Representative last month returned the Chinese e-commerce giant to an infamous list of blacklisted online retailers over concerns that the company was not doing enough to stop counterfeiting on their sites.

On Thursday, the United States trade representative issued a lengthy report outlining a pattern of predatory behavior by the Chinese, including forcing American companies to transfer valuable technology and trade secrets, and «systematic» data theft by China through hacking of American computer systems.

He would also have the US Trade Representative notify Mexico and Canada that the US intends to propose some amendments to the treaty, which could include measures on currency manipulation, lumber, country of origin labeling and environmental and safety standards.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative claims that the TPP will support American exporters, including small businesses, and enforce labor rights and environmental protections.

Representing the U.S. at the negotiating table is the Trump administration's chief negotiator John Melle, the assistant trade representative responsible for U.S. trade policy in the Western Hemisphere.

The U.S. trade representative flagged the data storage issue in its 2017 report on foreign trade barriers, noting the B.C. and Nova Scotia laws prevent public bodies such as schools, universities, hospitals and government - owned utilities from using American services when there's a possibility that personal information would be stored in, or accessed from, the United States.

The United States» chief trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, who testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, indicated that the administration was specifically concerned about Chinese policies that compel American companies to share technology when they make investments in China.

BEIJING / BRUSSELS China's international trade representative held a series of meetings with the ambassadors from major European nations last week to ask them to stand together with Beijing against U.S. protectionism, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.