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Biden’s trade chief takes a shine to Singapore’s tripartite system, pragmatism

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Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative speaking to The Straits Times during an interview at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2022 at Capella Singapore at Sentosa on 15 November 2022.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai told The Straits Times that she wants to formulate broadly-supported policies because they prove to be durable.

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SINGAPORE – Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping had their moment on the world stage this week, clasping hands and raising expectations of a patch-up in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.

Will Mr Biden’s trade chief Katherine Tai, who calls herself an admirer of the pragmatic Singapore way, do a turn with her Chinese counterpart Liu He and set a thousand container ships a-sailing?

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