Biden Trade Chief Calls Tariffs ‘Important Defensive Tool’
- Tai duty defense comes in discussion of China relationship
- Biden administration has been mulling changes to Trump tariffs
Katherine Tai
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President Joe Biden’s trade chief called tariffs an “important defensive tool” for rebalancing unfair commercial relationships, a nod to the value of duties on exports from China as the administration considers changes.
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday that while the tariffs are “the least interesting aspect” of a complex trade and economic relationship with China, the US has long relied on such duties as a “playing field leveler.”