Every week, the USTR website will explore a new trade topic, with background information and current trade data. On July 21 and 22, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be in Singapore at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial meeting - so this week's trade topic is U.S. trade relations with APEC member economies.
January 13, 2026
WASHINGTON – Last week, Ambassador Jamieson Greer joined Inside Geopolitics with The Economist’s geopolitics editor David Rennie to discuss the Administration’s trade and tariff policies and its role in strengthening America’s industrial base. In the wide-ranging conversation, Ambassador Greer outlined the success of putting America’s interests first when negotiating historic deals to rebalance the global trade order and accelerate the resurgence of American manufacturing.
December 22, 2025
WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer published an op-ed in The Financial Times explaining how President Trump’s trade program is accelerati
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — In accordance with the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Implementation Act, Ambassador Jamieson Greer reported to the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee on December 16 and 17, respectively, on the operation of the USMCA in advance of the July 1, 2026 joint review.
Read the opening statement here.
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Mondelez Mexico, S.A. de R.L. de C.V. (Mondelez), located in the city and state of Puebla, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The United States has suspended liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the Mondelez facility, which manufactures confectionary goods, beverages, and other food products.
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at a floating hotel facility operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Mexico LTD., S. de R.L. de C.V. (BSM) and P.M.I. Norteamérica S.A. de C.V. (PMI NASA), both located in Campeche, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Joint Statement on the Labor Council — United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement — December 9 and 10, 2025
Joint Statement of the Labor Council — United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement — June 28 and 29, 2023
