"I want to acknowledge that, if confirmed, this will be an area that will require close coordination."
"Tariffs are a legitimate tool in the trade toolbox."
"the agreement that we have with China is the agreement that we have, and there are promises that China made that China needs to deliver on."
"I think it is absolutely worth exploring with China, but I also want to note that those are conversations, and those are roads that have been well-worn by U.S. Trade Representatives before me."
"the world is very different in important ways from the way the world was in 2015 and 2016."
"I believe that trade policy has a lot to contribute to the climate effort."
"I think that the Biden administration itself is committed to a holistic review on China, and U.S.-China strategy."
"I would like to thank you for this opportunity to clarify, when I talk about being confirmed and advancing a worker-centered trade policy, that 'workers' does absolutely include agricultural workers--..."
"Good governance, rule of law, anti-corruption are fundamental values that we as Americans want to hold ourselves to, and that we will want to hold our trading partners to."
"I think that, for a very long time, regular people, ordinary Americans and workers, have felt disconnected from our trade policies."
"Transparency, predictability, due process, are all critical to the way we want our government to function."
"We have to produce our own critical minerals, or develop new relationships with allies that we can trust."