Another cabinet position filled. Don't know much about her but the read below looks promising re: China. My sense is using WTO is long, drawn out affair full of political minefields and blah-blah whereas Trump took the more direct approach. But yes, need to get economic allies onboard with whatever strategy we plan.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/bide...sentative.html
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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday named Katherine Tai, a trade lawyer with a history of taking on China, as his incoming administration’s pick for the United States’ top trade representative.
If confirmed by the Senate, Tai would inherit a critical, Cabinet-level position tasked with enforcing America’s import rules and brokering trading terms with China and other nations.
Tai, who is Asian-American, would also be the first woman of color to serve as the USTR. She is fluent in Mandarin.
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Though Tai may favor multilateral enforcement mechanisms more than Lighthizer, her leadership as USTR wouldn’t necessarily signal a change to the tougher stance toward China. She has said that China should be addressed forcefully and strategically.
“They both also have a long history of dealing with China’s unfair practices, the most pressing trade issue of our time,” according to former top White House trade negotiator Clete Willems. “Where Katherine’s approach is most likely to differ is on how she uses the WTO system and alliances to pressure China to change behavior.”
From 2007 to 2014, Tai successfully litigated Washington’s disputes against Beijing at the WTO, the global trade organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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