Jamieson Greer on Trade with China and the Iraq War
In a recent speech, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer offered the following thoughts on past U.S. government efforts to bring market economics to China.
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What Trump's Trade Representative Got Wrong
Last week, USTR Jamieson Greer wrote an essay in The New York Times entitled, ‘Trump’s Trade Representative: Why We Remade the Global Order’. Simon has already done the heavy lifting by asking some necessary questions about this new order.
Out of all the inaccuracies and “too early to tell”
Jamieson Greer on Remaking the Global Trade Order
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer had a NY Times op-ed yesterday entitled "Why We Remade the Global Order." I have a few reactions to specific things he said. I'll quote some points from the op-ed and then give a brief response.
Greer:
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Enforcing the Market Opening Commitments in the Trump Trade Deals
In an interview with Bloomberg last week, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer was asked about enforcement of all the recently negotiated trade deals:
Question: On implementing those deals ... you mentioned that you would be looking and monitoring them for any violations. How will this administration judge what is a
Jamieson Greer on the Rise of Manufacturing Competition
At the Reindustrialize Summit held in Detroit last week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the following about the decline of American industrial power:
At the heyday of American industrialization, our country enjoyed a robust middle class, an unassailable national defense, and an innovation economy unprecedented in human history.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade Deal
There is widespread speculation about trade agreements that may be coming in the next 10 days (or soon after), including their form and what they might contain. What should we expect?
The most reliable rumors are that some agreements have been drafted and are likely to be announced by the
Will the Trump Administration Revisit ISDS?
Back during Joe Biden's presidency, there were some hints that the Biden administration might be willing to push for the removal of ISDS from existing trade agreements and investment treaties. Members of Congress pressed then-U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on this issue on a couple occasions, including
Fighting the Trade Narratives: "Unfettered" Liberalization and "Reckless and Dogmatic" Free Trade
This is my second post about the questions for the record with U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer from his April 8 Senate Finance Committee testimony. Senator Warren (D-MA) asked this question:
In the last recession, 700,000 American workers lost their jobs each month. While the President has paused
A Few Questions and Answers (and Then More Questions) about Trump's Trade Deals
As part of the questions for the record for U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer after he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on April 8, there was an interesting exchange between Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Greer related to any trade deals resulting from the IEEPA "reciprocal"
Notes from the Jamieson Greer Hearing
Jamieson Greer had his Senate nomination hearing yesterday. Here are a few exchanges that I found to be of interest.
Historical Examples of Successful Universal Tariffs
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked a great question about the historical record of universal tariffs, which is something that Trump has talked about:
Wyden: