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U.S. Trade Policy under Donald Trump

Author(s): Beata Słomińska, Marek Jan Wasiński
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Government/Political systems, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Trump;US;trade;

Summary/Abstract: A reform of U.S. trade policy was among the priorities of Donald Trump’s campaign. Guidelines of the new policy developed by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, head of the National Trade Council, were then included in the Presidential Trade Agenda for 2017. A lower trade deficit is a key target seen by the new administration as a prerequisite for boosting economic growth. Duties and taxes are to be introduced to countervail unfair practices, which are among the sources of the deficit. The new administration’s preference for bilateral rather than multilateral agreements is reiterated. Keeping with his campaign promises, Trump has signed executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership and to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-41
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish