Dan Dupont

5 days ago | insidetrade.com | Dan Dupont

President Trump has nominated Jeffrey Goettman, former executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Export-Import Bank, to serve as deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Goettman, who briefly served as acting head of Ex-Im during the first Trump administration, has been tapped to take on a portfolio including Africa, the Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, environment, labor and industrial competitiveness.

1 week ago | insidetrade.com | Dan Dupont

China is “slow-rolling” its compliance with a trade détente struck with the U.S. earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer charged on Friday. President Trump, meanwhile, contended the Chinese had “totally violated” the deal and implied that new action could follow, roiling financial markets that had been buoyed by the result of talks between Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland.

3 weeks ago | insidetrade.com | Dan Dupont

This Week In Trade This Week In Trade Fresh off his trip to Geneva to help secure a trade détente with China, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer this week will head to South Korea to make his Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation debut as USTR. Greer will attend the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting set for May 15-16, and likely will hold bilateral sessions as well as the U.S. approaches the end of a 90-day pause of “reciprocal” duties tied to trade deficits.

4 weeks ago | insidetrade.com | Dan Dupont

The White House on Sunday said it had struck a trade deal with China after two days of talks in Geneva, though details won’t be released until Monday. In a statement headlined “U.S. Announces China Trade Deal in Geneva,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who led the negotiations along with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, touted “a very constructive two days” with their Chinese counterparts.

1 month ago | insidetrade.com | Dan Dupont

The Commerce Department has opened an investigation into the national security implications of commercial aircraft and jet engine imports. In a Federal Register notice issued on Friday, the department said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick initiated the investigation on May 1, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. It has not announced the probe.