Jan 192017

The Economic Case for Preserving PPD-28 and Privacy Shield

Alan Charles Raul and Cameron F. Kerry
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*This post first appeared in Lawfare on January 17, 2017.

As the new administration takes office this week, we will start to see just how literally to take Donald Trump’s pronouncements and the promised targeting of his predecessor’s executive orders for immediate destruction. Trade policy appointments signal that statements about being aggressive against barriers to trade should be taken very literally.  Wilbur Ross, the prospective Commerce Secretary; Peter Navarro, tapped to lead a new Trade Council on the White House staff; and Robert Lighthizer, designated U.S. Trade Representative, all have been vociferous in calling out China’s mercantilist policies and advocating a more transactional approach to breaking down market barriers in the world’s second largest national economy.

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Alan Charles Raul

Washington, D.C., New York

araul@sidley.com

Cameron F. Kerry

ckerry@sidley.com

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