U.S. suspends Indo-Pacific talks on key aspects of digital trade -lawmakers
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren faces reporters during a break in a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum for all U.S. senators at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023.
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said it withdrew its position to give Congress room to enact stronger technology regulations. That pleased liberal Democrats who want to rein in big U.S tech firms, but angered a broad array of business groups that say it undermines decades of U.S. policy that was enshrined in the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement on trade.
"We thank you for suspending negotiations on aspects of the IPEF digital text that can be used to frustrate privacy, AI, civil rights and liberties, anti-monopoly, gig worker and other digital safeguards that Congress and the administration seek," the lawmakers wrote.USTR and the Commerce Department are hosting a seventh round of negotiations on IPEF this week in San Francisco, to try to finalize some agreements that can be announced at next week's U.S.
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