President-elect Biden of the United States has announced that he will appoint Mr. Catherine Thai, a lawyer who is familiar with trade issues with China, as a trade representative who will negotiate trade with each country for the inauguration of the administration.
Mr. Biden has shown a strict stance toward China, and Mr. Thai's skill will be questioned.
President-elect Biden announced new personnel on the 10th, and Catherine, an Asian-American woman who is a lawyer specializing in trade issues and is currently a legal adviser to the parliament, will be the U.S. trade representative in trade negotiations with each country. I will nominate Mr. Thai.
For seven years from 2007, Mr. Thailand was in charge of legal affairs at the Trade Representative, and was involved in the WTO (World Trade Organization) lawsuit over the issue of infringement of intellectual property rights by China and the issue of industrial subsidies.
Also, according to Taiwanese media, his parents are from Taiwan, he has worked in China, and he is fluent in Chinese.
The US trade policy has evolved into what is called a trade war, as the Trump administration repeatedly imposes high tariffs on China.
Mr. Biden has also expressed his intention to urge reforms to correct infringement of intellectual property rights, and emphasized the policy of working on China in a multilateral framework including Japan, and Mr. Thai's skill is You will be asked.
In addition, Mr. Biden appointed former Secretary of State Susan Rice, who had been named as a candidate for Secretary of State, to head the National Policy Council to discuss domestic affairs at the White House, and to Secretary of Agriculture during the Obama administration. He also announced that he would nominate Mr. Tom Billsack, who was also Secretary of State.