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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.

Weekly Trade Focus: APEC

 

January 20, 2026

DAVOS – Today, Ambassador Greer delivered a keynote address, laying out the centuries-long history of the United States’ use of tariffs and an active trade policy to protect domestic industries and secure national interests. He discussed how the “American System” followed by President Abraham Lincoln and others influenced global approaches to economic development and is being revived by President Trump today.

January 20, 2026

January 19, 2026

WASHINGTON — United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will travel to Davos, Switzerland, from January 19 to January 22, 2026, to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting as part of the delegation led by President Donald J. Trump.

At the Forum, Ambassador Greer will conduct meetings with his foreign counterparts as well as business leaders and attend a meeting of World Trade Organization Ministers on the margins of the Forum.

January 19, 2026

DETROIT – Last week, Ambassador Jamieson Greer joined Secretary Sean Duffy and Administrator Lee Zeldin on the Freedom Means Affordable Cars Tour, visiting a Ford and Stellantis plant in Ohio before attending the Detroit Auto Show. During the auto swing, Ambassador Greer met with auto workers, plant leaders, and industry executives to highlight how the Administration’s policies are revitalizing America’s auto industry, creating more jobs, raising blue-collar wages, and putting money back in Americans’ pockets.

January 15, 2026

January 14, 2026

January 14, 2026

WASHINGTON — On Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17, Ambassador Jamieson Greer will join U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for the Freedom Means Affordable Cars Tour. This two-day swing will highlight the work the Trump Administration is doing to lower car prices for American families, unleash American auto manufacturing, and increase consumer choice.

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.