US Trade Representative Katherine Tai has signalled her openness to using tariffs to enforce trade accords.
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s new trade negotiator has said the United States is not yet ready to lift tariffs on Chinese imports, but could be open to talks with Beijing.
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, whose appointment was confirmed earlier this month, told The Wall Street Journal she understood the levies were hitting some American companies and consumers, but they can also protect businesses.
In January 2020, then-president Donald Trump signed an accord between Beijing and Washington after a bruising trade battle that saw tariffs imposed by both sides.
“I have heard people say, ‘Please just take these tariffs off,'” the 47-year-old Tai told the WSJ in an interview published…
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