Trade: Washington promises to do everything to counter Beijing's unfair practices

The Biden administration will use

at its disposal to put an end to

China's

trade

, underline the services of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in their 2021 roadmap published on Monday with their report annual.

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The new Democratic team

a diagnosis shared with the former Trump administration that triggered the trade war between the two leading world powers.

But she believes that

.

Last week, the new trade ambassador, Katherine Tai, indicated during her hearing before the Senate that she would conduct

of the United States' trade policy towards China in the framework for developing a comprehensive strategy.

Among the practices deemed

to Americans, USTR cites tariff and non-tariff barriers restricting access to the Chinese market, industrial policies using subsidies deemed unfair, and export subsidies.

“They also include forced technology transfers, illicit acquisitions and infringement of American intellectual property, censorship and other restrictions on the Internet and the digital economy, as well as the failure to provide to American companies, in many sectors, a treatment comparable to that which Chinese companies receive in these sectors in the United States

”, details USTR in its roadmap.

Uyghurs, "top priority"

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will also be to fight against human rights violations, citing the forced labor program imposed on Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities.

,

writes USTR .

At the same time, the Biden administration promises to make the necessary investments in the United States to help workers, support innovation and thereby improve American competitiveness.