(Washington Reuters) U.S. Chamber of Commerce called on the Bayeng government on Monday to seek signing more international trade agreements and clarifying a coherent strategy of competition and cooperation with China, which marked the change of the US Chamber of Commerce's past reduction of tariffs.
Clark, who took over as the chairman of this US largest business lobbying group last March, urged the United States to return to the Cross Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and complete trade negotiations with Britain.The United States has not signed a new major trade agreement in the past 10 years.
She said on the priority of the US Chamber of Commerce in 2022: "In terms of trade, our country is walking in place, which means that we are being behind> She said that China's just launched trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), will reduce tariffs between 15 countries and make US exporters in an unfavorable position.At the same time, the European Union continued to conclude a new trade agreement, and mainland China, Britain, South Korea and Taiwan are also seeking joining TPP.The TPP was the Pacific Trade Agreement reached by the Obama administration, but then President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw the agreement in 2017.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has long complained that the Trump administration has adversely affected the punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, but Clark emphasized in his speech to need a more comprehensive strategy to deal with China.
