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Katherine Tai

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“One piece that I think is going to be really important for us to focus on is this concept of economic security. And that has at least two facets that I want to lay out for you. One is the economic security of the entire United States. The economic security of the nation and the other concept is the economic security of the people within the United States, the economic security of our working people. And it's really through that lens that I think that it will be important to start taking on some of your questions about the US-China trade relationship.”
2024-09-09 · Odd Lots · US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Economic crisis. You must be a part of the team to get us past COVID and then to help us to build the United States economy so that we can be strong today, tomorrow, and for the years to come. So our orientation has required us to do trade differently to ensure that we are still engaged with the rest of the world constructively, but also to really stand up for US economic interests. And so where I want to start the conversation with your first question and getting into the US-China trade relationship is you talked some about the technology competition that we have. You talked about the national security and the geopolitical tensions.”
2024-09-09 · Odd Lots · US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We're oriented by at the beginning of this administration. President Biden, Vice President Harris, gave me at USTR and my team two charges. The first one was America's back and so you must do everything you can to repair relations with our trading partners, to be as constructive as possible, to demonstrate that the United States is engaged with the rest of the world and that the United States is a force for good. The other charge that we had was you must also be a part of our economic policy team. You must also get in line, make sure that you are pulling in the same direction as we heal ourselves from the hardships of the COVID pandemic. The COVID pandemic was not just a global health crisis. It also was a global”
2024-09-09 · Odd Lots · US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“In international trade, what that means is trade is a very interesting thing. We are both a part of the foreign policy team because international trade is something that you do with other countries. There's that foreign relations aspect to it. But also, we are part of the economic policy team because what you do in trade, it impacts your economy. It can help to grow your economy and it can help to shrink your economy depending on how you do trade policy. So what we”
2024-09-09 · Odd Lots · US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“So I cannot wait to get into some of the specifics on this question, but I want to start at a slightly higher level. And just to orient what I do and what trade policy is. So as the US Trade Representative, my title is a bit of a mouthful, but it's actually one of the most self-explanatory positions in the president's cabinet. My job is literally to represent the interests of the United States. That's the entire United States, the entire economy, all of its people from coast to coast, from top to bottom on the coasts and the middle, and to represent Americans and the American economy.”
2024-09-09 · Odd Lots · US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source