Trilateral Discussions on Trade-Distorting Practices Resuming

The top trade officials in Japan, the U.S. and the European Union announced that they are restarting the trilateral discussions on how to address the challenges "posed by non-market policies and practices of third countries," U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Nov. 17. They said they will meet on the margins of the World Trade Organization conference in Geneva. Former USTR Robert Lighthizer began these talks, which produced a statement (see 1901090063) that said they aimed to write text on disciplines for industrial subsidies to be considered at the WTO, and also that they were working on the outlines of new rules on forced technology transfers.