White House prepares major shift in US-China trade policy

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will call Wednesday for a major shift in the United States’s relationship with China, as the White House has concluded Beijing has not followed through on past trade agreements.

Tai will testify before the House Committee on Ways and Means, where she will advocate the U.S. adopting what is being described as a defensive economic posture rather than continuing with the Phase One trade deal brokered between the Trump administration and Beijing, according to prepared remarks reviewed by the Washington Examiner.