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Ecology Action Centre calls for immediate implementation of Coastal Protection Act | SaltWireWASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has dropped longstanding U.S. digital trade demands in World Trade Organization talks in order to give Congress room to regulate big tech firms, her office said on Wednesday.
The withdrawals were made in Geneva during a meeting of the WTO's Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce, with a U.S. official saying that the U.S. was reviewing its approach to trade rules in sensitive areas such as data and source code. "USTR’s unilateral decision to abandon any leverage against China’s digital expansionism, and to oppose policies championed by allies like Australia, Japan, the U.K. and Korea, directly contradicts its mission as delegated by Congress," said Wyden, who has long championed big U.S. tech firms, including Intel, the largest for-profit employer in Oregon.
The move was applauded by some lawmakers who want to rein in large tech firms, including Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who said Tai was rejecting efforts by Big Tech lobbyists to use trade deals to thwart regulation.
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