When it comes to managing trade deals and relationships, the Biden administration has been tireless in the last several months. From defusing tension with the E.U. over “Buy American” policies and Mexico over the corn trade, to commerce talks with Taiwan and African nations, to launching the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has had her work cut out for her.
Ambassador Tai joined Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal for a conversation on where American trade interests and priorities lie in the Biden administration. An edited transcript of their conversation is below.
Kai Ryssdal: So just because so much of the economic news of late has been inflation and Jay Powell and the Fed and consumers and all of that, do me a favor and give us your sense of America’s place in the global trade environment two years now into the Biden administration.
Katherine Tai: Well,…
