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Trade Policy

Trade agreements, tariff battles, and U.S. international economic policy.

  1. 2026

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    June 2025 Foreign Exchange Report
    piie.com
    cbo.gov
    Apr 29

    CBO scores China currency accountability bill at under $500K

    House bill would block U.S. IMF voting if China manipulates exchange rates

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    Scott Bessent
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    Tariff Impact Analysis
    USTR: Section 301 Investigations
    State Department: 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report
    Apr 28

    USTR opens Section 301 forced labor probe targeting 60 nations

    60-nation investigation could replace struck-down IEEPA tariffs with new duties

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    8 figures
People

Key figures in Trade Policy

16 figures
Adrian Zenz
Senior Fellow, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation; Hearing Witness
Christina Hawley Anthony
Deputy Director of Budget Analysis, CBO
Dan Meuser
U.S. Representative (R-PA-9); sponsor of predecessor legislation
David Rafferty
CBO Staff Contact for H.R. 8290 estimate
Ed Brzytwa
Representative, Consumer Technology Association; Hearing Witness
Eric Gottwald
Representative, Labor Advisory Committee; Hearing Witness
French Hill
Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services (R-AR)
James Nedumpara
Professor, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, Government of India; Hearing Witness
Jamieson Greer
U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador
Jennifer Thornton
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Martina Vandenberg
Founder and President, Human Trafficking Legal Center; Hearing Witness
Pete Sessions
U.S. Representative (R-TX-25); bill sponsor
Phillip L. Swagel
Director, Congressional Budget Office
Rizwan Saeed Sheikh
Government Representative, Pakistan; Hearing Witness
Scott Bessent
Secretary of the Treasury
Xi Jinping
General Secretary, Chinese Communist Party; President of the People's Republic of China