Today on TAP: Why does the National Security Council keep trying to wrest control of trade policy to help Big Tech?
Katherine Tai
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Corporate Attack Dogs Find a New Subject to Bully
Beth Baltzan, a non-Senate-confirmed staffer to the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has been targeted by Big Tech firms as a way to sully Tai’s decisions about digital trade.
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Politico’s Hit Job on U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai
Today on TAP: A complex tug-of-war has been happening over the direction of Biden’s trade policy. Politico serves as a handy receptacle for Tai’s enemies to paint Tai as the problem.
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Regulatory Fiascos
Today on TAP: Shame on Gary Gensler. And the coup against Katherine Tai.
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Google’s China Policy
How the National Security Council is trying to take over regulation of global data flows on the basis of what’s good for Big Tech
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The EU’s Tough New Rules for Tech
Will they survive an intense and preposterous lobbying campaign by the U.S. platform giants to brand them as discriminatory against American companies?
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Big Tech’s Relentless Influence on Trade Policy
How even Biden’s best officials are subject to insidious corporate pressure
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
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The Tech Lobbying Is Coming From Inside the House
Emails from the U.S. trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.