Casey, Brown, Warren urge USTR to support bill to strengthen FTA rules of origin

Three Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday introduced a bill aimed at ensuring rules of origin in free trade agreements to restrict materials from non-market economies, namely China, that count toward region-wide content thresholds, and they called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to support the measure. Sens. Bob Casey (PA), Sherrod Brown (OH) and Elizabeth Warren (MA) introduced the “ Market Economy Sourcing Act ” to amend the now-expired Trade Promotion Authority law that set congressional...