The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting American trade policy. Part of the Executive Office of the President,it is headed by the U.S. Trade Representative,a Cabinet-level position that serves as the U.S. President's primary advisor,negotiator,and spokesperson on trade matters. USTR has more than two hundred employees,with offices in Geneva,Switzerland,and Brussels,Belgium.
The American Institute in Taiwan is a de facto embassy of the United States of America in Taiwan. AIT is a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government of the United States in Taiwan with Congressional oversight. The AIT was officially created as a U.S. government-sponsored nonprofit,private corporation established under the auspices of the U.S. government to serve its interests in Taiwan.
Lung Ying-tai is a writer,cultural critic,and public intellectual. With more than 30 books to her credit,she not only has a large number of readers in her native Taiwan,but her works also have an impact in Chinese-language communities in Hong Kong,China,Singapore,Malaysia,and North America. Lung became widely known for her criticism on the Kuomintang party's martial law regime and has since become a critic of Mainland China's increasing restrictions on press freedom and civil liberties. Her critical essays on cultural and political issues contributed to the democratization of Taiwan.
Alex Michael Azar II is an American attorney,businessman,lobbyist,and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2018 to 2021. Azar was nominated to his post by President Donald Trump on November 13,2017,and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24,2018. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 2020 to February 2020,when he was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA),was a proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim economies:Australia,Brunei,Canada,Chile,Japan,Malaysia,Mexico,New Zealand,Peru,Singapore,Vietnam,and the United States. In the United States,the proposal was signed on 4 February 2016 but not ratified as a result of significant domestic political opposition. After taking office,the newly elected President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from TPP in January 2017,therefore ensuring the TPP could not be ratified as required and did not enter into force. The remaining countries negotiated a new trade agreement called Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,which incorporated most of the provisions of the TPP and which entered into force on 30 December 2018.
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as the 7th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan and the second to be born in Taiwan after the end of the Chinese Civil War in December 1949. She served as chair of the DPP from 2020 to 2022,as well as from 2014 to 2018,and from 2008 to 2012. Her second presidential term is due to expire on 20 May 2024,when she will be succeeded by Lai Ching-te.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China. The ROC passport is also generally referred to as a Taiwanese passport. In September 2020,approximately 60.87 percent of Taiwanese citizens possessed a valid passport. All passports published in Taiwan since 2008 have been biometric.
CTi News was a Taiwanese 24-hour online news outlet and,until December 2020,cable television channel,operated by Chung T'ien Television.
After the United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1979 and recognized Beijing as the only legal government of China,Taiwan–United States relations became unofficial and informal following terms of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA),which allows the United States to have relations with the Taiwanese people and their government,whose name is not specified. U.S.–Taiwan relations were further informally grounded in the "Six Assurances" in response to the third communiquéon the establishment of US–PRC relations. The Taiwan Travel Act,passed by the U.S. Congress on March 16,2018,allows high-level U.S. officials to visit Taiwan and vice versa. Both sides have since signed a consular agreement formalizing their existent consular relations on September 13,2019. The US government removed self-imposed restrictions on executive branch contacts with Taiwan on January 9,2021.
The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is an ambassador of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) responsible for conducting and overseeing international negotiations related to trade in agricultural products. The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is compensated at the rate payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.
Tai Tzu-ying is a Taiwanese badminton player. At the age of 22,she achieved world no.1 in the BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016,and has held that title for 214 weeks,the longest in BWF history. Tai was the women's singles silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2021 BWF World Championships. She was gold medalist in the 2017 Summer Universiade and the 2018 Asian Games. She was the champion of BWF Super Series Finals/BWF World Tour Finals a record four times. She was thrice the champion of the All England Open,and of the Asian Championships.
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American businesswoman,lawyer,politician,and venture capitalist who has served since 2021 as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021,and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Robert Emmet Lighthizer is an American attorney and government official who was the United States Trade Representative in the Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2021.
María Luisa Pagán is an American attorney who is serving as the U.S. deputy trade representative in the Geneva office. Pagan was formerly the Deputy General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),giving legal advice about trade negotiations,agreements,and regulations.
An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018,when U.S. President Donald Trump began setting tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the goal of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. says are longstanding unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft. The Trump administration stated that these practices may contribute to the U.S.–China trade deficit,and that the Chinese government requires transfer of American technology to China. In response to US trade measures,the Chinese government accused the Trump administration of engaging in nationalist protectionism and took retaliatory action. After the trade war escalated through 2019,in January 2020 the two sides reached a tense phase one agreement;it expired in December 2021 with China failing by a wide margin to reach its targets for U.S. imports to China. By the end of the Trump presidency,the trade war was widely characterized as a failure for the United States. His successor,Joe Biden,however,has kept the tariffs in place. In early 2024,the Trump presidential campaign was mulling a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods.
The Agreement between the United States of America,Mexico,and Canada (USMCA) is a free trade agreement between the United States,Mexico,and Canada. It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implemented in 1994,and is sometimes characterized as "NAFTA 2.0",or "New NAFTA",since it largely maintains or updates the provisions of its predecessor. USMCA is one of the world's largest free trade zones,with a population of more than 510 million people and an economy of $30.997 trillion in nominal GDP —nearly 30 percent of the global economy.
Sarah Bianchi is an American political advisor and former investment analyst serving as deputy United States trade representative for Asia,Africa,Investment,Services,Textiles,and Industrial Competitiveness. Prior to her confirmation as deputy USTR,she was a senior managing director at Evercore ISI,a global investment banking advisory firm.
Jayme Ray White is an American public official who served as deputy United States trade representative (USTR).
Lily Li-Wen Hsu is a Taiwanese diplomat who has been the ambassador to Belize since 2023.
Sharon Shang-Nian Wu is a Taiwanese diplomat who became the representative to Poland since 2023. Additionally,she is a senior official involved in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
