On October 6, the OECD Ministers issued the 2021 Ministerial Council statement [https://www.oecd.org/mcm/MCM-2021-Part-2-Final-Statement.EN.pdf] at the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM). This years’ MCM had a theme of “Shared Values: Building a Green and Inclusive Future”. Not surprisingly, the statement emphasized “shared values” which would

At the conclusion of the first meeting of their new "Trade and Technology Council" (TTC) today, the U.S. and the EU issued a joint statement [https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2021/september/us-eu-trade-and-technology-council-inaugural-joint-statement] that covers a number of issues, including one described as "Trade

Three U.S. Senators -- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) -- have called on the Biden administration to tighten up rules of origin related to U.S. trade agreements. In a recent letter [https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_

During the Trump administration, the U.S. government raised the issue of the role of the state in the Chinese economy and the implications for how China fits within the world trading system. The administration also started a broader discussion of market orientation as a principle at the WTO. This