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29 Sep, 6 tweets, 3 min read
PITTSBURGH, PA: There is an item that is not on the US -EU TTC agenda which is actually really quite pressing — Trump-era US tariffs on European steel and aluminium.

by @Aime_Williams (from the Steel City)
ft.com/content/7e1a80…
have edited @Aime_Williams to resolve any confusion from her non-US audience Image
their other "football" team is the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

riverhounds.com
which begs the question Image
Pittsburgh is proudly also known as the "Three River City" because it is where the Allegheny and Monongahela converge to form the Ohio River

popularpittsburgh.com/three-rivers/ Image
anyway, my dad is from Pittsburgh and i maintain loads of family there.

so i'm sure i'll have 10K words on the origin of "Riverhounds" by COB if anyone wants to weave it into their #TTC reporting, lmk and i'll have him fax it to you

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1 Oct
1/ 🧵

On Mon. October 4, USTR Katherine Tai will give a speech to "lay out initial steps of the Biden Administration’s approach to realign the bilateral trade relationship with China."

Here are DATA summarizing the current US-China trade relationship...
2/
Average US tariffs on imports from China remain elevated at 19.3%, more than six times higher than before the trade war began in 2018.

Average Chinese tariffs on imports from the United States also remain elevated at an average of 20.7%, up from 8%. Image
3/
Due to the trade war, US tariffs now cover around $335 billion, or 66.4%, of Chinese exports to the United States (when matched to 2017 data).

China’s retaliatory tariffs continue to cover $90 billion, or 58.3%, of US exports to China. Image
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30 Sep
<<cancels plans for next week>>
<<starts warming up the chart-making machine>>
HAS ANYONE CHECKED ON THE TIMELINE, TO MAKE SURE IT STILL WORKS???
piie.com/blogs/trade-in…
"Phase One, check check check."
"Phase One?"
piie.com/research/piie-…
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30 Sep
tfw u open up the latest AER and the second article listed was written by your amazing former undergraduate student Image
which just confirms what you had thought all along

(SHE should have been teaching that class, not you)
also the article is about beer
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29 Sep
In their deals, Canada and Mexico agreed to VERs (voluntary export restraints).

If that is what the EU agrees to, the EU is in a legal bind with the WTO.

Here's why 🧵 1/
When the EU retaliated against Trump's tariffs in 2018, it did so under the argument that Trump's national security tariffs were a "safeguard measure in disguise"... 2/

piie.com/commentary/op-…
And under the Agreement on Safeguards, because there was no surge in imports for some products, the EU argued it was due immediate "compensation."

It took that compensation in the form of limited tariff retaliation... 3/
piie.com/blogs/trade-in…
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13 Sep
US-CHINA TRADE UPDATE (THREAD)

On Friday, trade beat reporters for multiple media outlets reported that the Biden administration was considering a new "Section 301" unfair trade investigation of China.

This one reportedly would examine China's industrial subsidies. 1/
The Biden administration is targeting Beijing’s widespread use of industrial subsidies that give its companies an edge over foreign rivals

By @BobDavis187 & @Lingling_Wei
wsj.com/articles/biden… 2/
The Biden administration is weighing a new investigation into Chinese subsidies and their damage to the U.S. economy

By @Jendeben
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 3/
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12 Sep
to de-stress from me and our daughters, my wife has indeed turned to sanctuary goat yoga
and yes, jealous. yoga WITH BABY GOATS
tbh, not sure which of the goats plays basketball. maybe this one
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