Tag: Robert Lighthizer US trade

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 06:00 UTC

  US/China conclude first of two days of talks; Trump's tariff hike anticipated

  

  Top US and Chinese trade negotiators concluded the first of two days of talks on Thursday to rescue a trade deal that is close to collapsing as Washington prepares to go ahead with plans to hike tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of goods imported from China.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  US/China closer to a deal: they agree to establish “enforcement officers”

  

  The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they reach, including establishing new “enforcement offices,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:51 UTC

  US/China trade negotiations have a deadline: March first, says Lighthizer

  

  U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a “hard deadline” after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.

• Thursday, January 11th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Canada accuses US of breaking international trade rules; files complaint with WTO

  

  Canada has filed an expansive complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing the US of breaking international trade rules. The complaint challenges the ways that the US investigates products for subsidies and below-cost sales. As expected the US called the claims “unfounded”.

• Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  US questions workings and rules of WTO which favor “litigation over negotiations”

  

  The United States President Donald Trump’s trade chief said on Monday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is losing its focus on trade negotiations in favor of litigation, and was going too easy on wealthier developing countries such as China.

• Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:11 UTC

  NAFTA gives priority to technical talks to avoid open political clashes

  

  The politicians overseeing the renegotiation of NAFTA won't be meeting face to face at the end of this round of talks, unlike the previous four rounds of discussions.