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.
November 13, 2025
WASHINGTON – Today, Ambassador Jamieson Greer issued a statement following President Trump’s announcement of Joint Statements with El Salvador, Argentina, Ecuador, and Guatemala for Frameworks for Agreements on Reciprocal Trade.
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal that will provide Americans with more certain and streamlined market access in Guatemala. The United States and the Republic of Guatemala (Guatemala) agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, which will further strengthen and build upon our robust longstanding trade and economic partnership with Guatemala, and solidify and expand American exporters’ access to Guatemala’s market while bolstering U.S. national and economic security.
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal that will provide Americans with increased market access in Ecuador. The United States and the Republic of Ecuador (Ecuador) agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, which will strengthen American exporters’ access to Ecuador’s market while bolstering U.S. national and economic security.
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a deal to deepen bilateral trade and investment cooperation in the U.S.-Argentina bilateral relationship that will provide American exporters with unprecedented access to the Argentine Republic’s (Argentina’s) market while protecting U.S. national and economic security.
ACHIEVING RECIPROCAL TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal that will provide Americans with more certain and streamlined market access in El Salvador. The United States and the Republic of El Salvador (El Salvador) agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, which will further strengthen and build upon our robust longstanding trade and economic partnership with El Salvador, and solidify and expand American exporters’ access to El Salvador’s market while bolstering U.S. national and economic security.
November 13, 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 ThyssenKrupp Springs & Stabilizers de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (ThyssenKrupp), located in the city and state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
November 09, 2025
WASHINGTON — Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the suspension of the action in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance.
The action will be suspended for one year, and as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 10, 2025.
November 06, 2025
WASHINGTON — Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a public comment process on the proposed suspension of the action in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance.
