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Jamieson Greer on Not Getting Fooled by Discriminatory EU Tech Regulations

At a Hudson Institute event earlier this week, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer had the following exchange with Peter Rough of Hudson on EU digital regulations: Rough: The joint statement last August with the Europeans filling out the Turnberry agreement that the President struck with Commission President von der

Jamieson Greer on the Non-Violation Remedy

In a speech at UVA law school earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer offered the following description of the GATT non-violation remedy: The non-violation remedy in the GATT (Article 23:1(b)) makes this point clear. It allows member countries to seek a remedy even when the

Jamieson Greer on the 30 Year Aberration in U.S. Trade Policy

When he was in Davos last week for the World Economic Forum, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer talked a bit about U.S. trade policy history and described a recent period during which, in his view, U.S. trade policy shifted away from tariffs/protectionism and towards free trade.

Can "Geopolitical" Tariffs Be Dealt With through Trade Deals?

Last Friday, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer was asked about Trump's initial suggestion of tariffs related to the goal of taking over Greenland

Jamieson Greer on the Rules-Based International Order

At an Atlantic Council event yesterday, Greg Ip of the WSJ asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about how he sees the "rules-based international order" in the trading system these days

The Future of U.S. Big Tech and Social Media (and a Quick Thought on Manufacturing)

As the saying goes, it's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, but in a piece I wrote for the Baker Institute, I argue that the social media landscape is going to become smaller and more global, with U.S. big tech control declining. Is this just

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.

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: Our current, nameless

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