Insights

Leverage Check: Who Has It and What That Means for Tariffs and Deals

Let’s take a closer look at the implications of two trade and tariff developments from last week and what they mean for negotiating leverage and tariffs: 1) Secretary Bessent’s comments that trading partners acting in good faith are “highly likely” to get extensions of the pause on tariffs, and 2) the U.S.-China trade talks in London.    

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Buy American: Will the Trump Administration Withdraw from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement?

While the world has focused on the President's tariffs surrounding his April 2nd announcement, the America First Trade Policy report delivered to the President the same week largely flew under the radar. Let's take a look at how the report addresses one issue I have been working on for years: the impact of trade agreements on "Buy America" policy and American manufacturing.

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