White House seeks non-tariff pressure to enforce bilateral trade deals with China, others

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White House Council of Economic Directors chairman Christopher Phelan suggested Thursday that the Trump administration needs additional levers to pull, beyond tariffs, to ensure that other countries stick to bilateral trade agreements.

Phelan, who rarely speaks in public, took part in an event on Thursday hosted by the US-Asia Fair Market Alliance ahead of next week’s United Nations General Assembly and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington.

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