The Senate Thursday by voice vote confirmed Michael Nemelka as a deputy U.S. Trade Representative and Alina Marshall and Christian Weiler as judges to the U.S. Tax Court.
Nemelka said during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee that China's purchases of U.S. ag products would be picking up in the fourth quarter and also said that the U.S. could bring complaints under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as soon as this fall.
This comes after USTR, USDA and the Commerce Department held the first of two public hearings on the imports of fresh produce into the U.S. Efforts to get more protections in USMCA from fresh produce imports failed, but the two hearings were set in part due to the lack of the provisions making it into the trade deal.
The second hearing will take place August 20.
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