On February 28, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) submitted to Congress and released to the public a summary of the Trump administration’s specific negotiating objectives for its United States-United Kingdom trade agreement negotiations. This follows the USTR’s notification to Congress on October 16, 2018, of the Trump administration’s intention to enter into negotiations (see
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USTR Requests Comments on Objectives for a United States-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement
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On October 16, 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) notified Congress of the Trump administration’s plans to enter into free trade agreement negotiations with the United Kingdom (UK) after the UK has exited the European Union. (See Trump and Trade Update dated October 17, 2018.) The USTR is seeking to remove both tariff and…
U.S. Trade Representative Announces Intent to Launch Trade Negotiations with Japan, the European Union and United Kingdom
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States is set to launch separate free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom. In letters sent to Congress on October 16, 2018, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer wrote: “We are committed to concluding these negotiations with timely and…