The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing today for agriculture negotiator Douglas McKalip, and during the hearing McKalip brought up the issue of Chinese restrictions on urea and similar products.

At a budget hearing before a Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai was asked questions on a number of trade policy issues, many of which focused on China.

As we reported here, the United States and Taiwan announced last week that they would launch a new initiative on bilateral trade issues. USTR is now seeking public comments "on matters relevant to the specified trade areas, including U.S. interests and priorities, in order to develop negotiating objectives

At a Washington International Trade Association event today, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai commented on a number of Taiwan and China trade issues.

The United States and Taiwan announced today that they would launch a new initiative on bilateral trade issues. In the absence of a free trade agreement, which does not appear likely any time soon, this could end up being the most significant formal bilateral trade-related negotiation between the two governments

At a conference at Georgetown University Law Center today, Greta Peisch, the General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, was asked about U.S. trade policy towards China, in general and on various specific issues.

As we wrote in March, in the coming months, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will conduct a review of the Section 301 tariffs the United States is currently imposing on China.