Trade

The 12th Ministerial Conference comes at a time when many countries, including the United States, are shifting away from unfettered free trade and the global institution set up to encourage it.

"Our approach to tools for mitigating and addressing that inflation need to respect that it is a more complicated issue than just tariffs at the border."

Testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Secretary Gina Raimondo also emphasized the urgency for Congress to pass competitiveness legislation.

The United States cannot truly transition to clean energy if we remain dependent on dirty imports from China.

The Commerce Department is investigating whether Chinese solar panel companies are avoiding U.S. tariffs by sending products through four Asian countries. Importers are freaking out -- but what do...

Millions of factory jobs have been lost in recent decades, obliterating a powerful pathway to economic stability.

Legislation to revoke Russia's permanent normal trade relations status and ban Russian oil imports hit procedural delays. But, the Senate ultimately delivered.

As Beijing continues to flout global trade rules, USTR Katherine Tai has called for "new domestic trade tools." The Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 is the answer to that call.

"We need to start to change things on our side, and that’s the development of tools; that’s the investments; that’s the reshoring and the rebuilding of our manufacturing base," Tai said.

Petition argues imports from third countries have skirted duties for years.