The manufacturing sector is critical to the U.S. economy.
Thank you, Chairman Wyden. And thank you to all of our witnesses for being here with us today.
We have not had a stable incentive for manufacturing semiconductors in the U.S. for a very long time.
I am very concerned about getting a much stronger focus on IP protection in our U.S. trade negotiations and activities.
I am deeply concerned about the impact of subsidized and dumped Canadian lumber imports on American businesses and jobs.
This is why the U.S. needs an effective USTR to tear down trade barriers and confront abusive trade practices.
We need to preserve our leadership in this field.
Ms. Tai, you must make the President understand that trade is a domestic priority for hundreds of millions of Americans.
Mexico is maintaining or enacting new restrictions on the U.S. that lack any scientific justification.
We need these jobs more than ever if we are to emerge from this pandemic stronger than before.
Our problem is not about whether to open our market further, it is in fact that too many foreign markets remain closed t...