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Katherine Tai on Protectionism, Free Trade, and Industrial Policy

At a recent press conference, U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai offered a few thoughts on U.S. industrial policy. First, in response to a question about how she would evaluate the criticism that the Inflation Reduction Act constitutes protectionism, Tai said the following (39:35 of the video): I

Katherine Tai on Interpreting the Essential Security Exception

Yesterday, Ambassador Katherine Tai gave the Wenger Lecture at American University's Washington College of Law. She took some audience questions afterwards, and I used the opportunity to ask her about the U.S. position on the essential security exception at the WTO. I realized there is only so

Katherine Tai on "Traditional Fully Liberalizing Trade Agreements" and Non-Market Policies and Practices

Here's an exchange between Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Ambassador Katherine Tai at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing (2:10:46 of the video) on Friday, March 24: Rep. LaHood: Ambassador Tai, great to have you here and thanks for being with us. As you know,

The Latest from Katherine Tai on WTO Dispute Settlement Reform

Here are some exchanges from a House Ways & Means Committee hearing last week between members of Congress and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai about the state of WTO dispute settlement reform. Are there any definitive answers in here as to where things are going and when they will

The Risks and Economic Consequences of Inefficiency

Here is something U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai said at a World Economic Forum event last week: So I think that whether it's in the world of goods trade, or services trade, or digital trade, part of what we are struggling with right now at this inflection

Katherine Tai on National Security

At a CFR event in December, Christina Davis of Harvard asked U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai the following question about the WTO panel ruling on the Section 232 steel and aluminum duties: I'd like to ask about your response to the WTO panel ruling last week that

Katherine Tai on the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum

At an EXIM bank event yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the following about the proposed Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum: And the concept would be for the US and the EU to join our markets, and to use access to our markets to leverage fair

Katherine Tai on Market Access, Trade and Peace, and Trade and Prosperity/Inequality

At an event last week, U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai was asked the following question: How would you respond to allies' concerns that trade policy is now more focused on standards rather than market access? Here was Tai's response: So to translate this, for those of

Katherine Tai on Enforcing Trade Agreements

This is a question on the enforcement of trade agreements from an event at which U.S. Trade Rep. Tai spoke today: I've always been struck at the priority you place on enforcement of trade agreements. It's always a tricky task for any administration. There have

Katherine Tai on Policy Space and Sovereignty

This is something U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai said at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event last week: There often is a tension between how international trade rules interact with our own domestic policies and regulations. International trade rules tend to discipline what countries can do and there&