15 Mar 2021
A free trade agreement between the United States and the UK is unlikely to be signed until at least 2024, as the Biden administration is set to focus on China and domestic issues, American sources told a British broadsheet.
The pro-Brexit former President Donald Trump had championed a UK-U.S. deal; however, the crucial agreement for Britain has reportedly been put on the backburner by the famously anti-British 77-year-old Democrat.
A former U.S. Trade Representatives Office official (USTR), who has worked with Biden’s Trade Representative nominee, told
The Daily Telegraph: “It [a UK deal] is going to be some years at a minimum.”
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This report is the first of a series in which White & Case s International Trade Group will examine the Biden administration s trade agenda and the key institutions that shape US trade policy.
On February 25, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Ms. Katherine Tai to serve as United States Trade Representative (USTR).
1 The hearing followed the recent appointments of 13 individuals to serve in senior staff positions at USTR, announced on February 8.
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US report has concerns about agriculture rules
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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed “serious concerns” about Taiwan’s agricultural policies that “are not based on science,” and said that removing barriers to US pork and beef products was high on its agenda.
“Priorities for the United States included removing Taiwan’s various barriers to market access for US pork and beef products,” the USTR said in its
2021 Trade Policy Agenda and 2020 Annual Report, which was released on Monday.
The report highlighted “Taiwan’s rice procurement systems, the regulatory process for setting pesticide maximum residue limits and market access barriers facing US agricultural biotechnology products” as other priorities.