Ms. Tai, you must make the President understand that trade is a domestic priority for hundreds of millions of Americans.

I appreciated your picking up on that point I made when we were having discussions with respect to trade really being about expanding the winner's circle.

I know that the Biden administration is committed to cooperative multilateral efforts at the OECD and the G20.

I want to acknowledge that, if confirmed, this will be an area that will require close coordination.

That is a pattern that we are trying to break out of.

the world is very different in important ways from the way the world was in 2015 and 2016.

I want to reinforce your description of the relationship and the partnership that is required between the administration and Congress on trade as a constitutional and legal matter.

I expect Ms. Tai will well demonstrate in today's hearing that she has the requisite skillset to deliver as much.

I will be very interested in being part of the administration's conversation with Congress about what we do in our whole-of-government approach to addressing this question.

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.

The chance to serve the American people, fight on their behalf, and represent them on the world stage once again will be the greatest honor of my life.

I believe that trade policy has a lot to contribute to the climate effort.

Transparency, predictability, due process, are all critical to the way we want our government to function.

I am proud of their service to the Nation that welcomed them, and I am proud to live in a country where, in just one generation, their daughter could grow up to represent the United States and our interests around the world.

Tariffs are a legitimate tool in the trade toolbox.

I know that the challenges ahead are significant. Our first task will be to help American communities emerge from the pandemic and economic crisis.

If you can grow it at home, and make it at home, and add value to it at home--which so often helps to boost wages, which is hugely important in America--then you expand the winner's circle.

Trade policy will be an essential component of the fight against COVID-19, the economic recovery, and the Build Back Better agenda.

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--our farmers, our small family farmers…

We have to produce our own critical minerals, or develop new relationships with allies that we can trust.

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 creation of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative... is a creation of Congress.

If you are an American and you work, you are an American worker, as I envision the way we are talking about this.

President Biden seeks a fair international trading system that promotes inclusive economic growth and reflects America's universal values.