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US President-elect Joe Biden nominated Katherine Tai as the US Trade Representative on Thursday (December 10). Currently working in the House of Representatives, she is a specialized trade attorney with experience in China affairs.
Dai Qi, 45, is a Chinese American whose parents are immigrants from Taiwan. The Taiwanese media called him the “Second Generation of Taiwan”. She is the first person of Chinese descent currently selected by Biden’s cabinet. If the appointment is finally approved, she, who can speak Mandarin, will succeed Robert Lighthizer, the current business representative, as “business czar” of the Biden administration.
Based on media analysis, Biden’s preference for her seems to indicate that the next US government intends to quickly resolve the pending trade dispute with China while working closely with its allies, but may still continue. with his toughest posture.
Who is she?
US President-elect Biden appointed Dai Qi, the chief business attorney for the House Ways and Means Committee, as the US trade representative. The US media reported that Dai Qi has gained the support of Democrats in Congress, labor and business circles in recent weeks.
Biden’s transition team wrote in the statement that Dai Qi is a “ dedicated and respected public official and senior expert in international trade, ” and said she would use her experience to “ help the United States emerge from the economic crisis. caused by the new pneumonia of the crown and realize the future. The President supports the vision of American workers’ business strategy. “
If approved by the Senate, Dai Qi will assume this vital Cabinet-level position. Its main task is to enforce US import rules and coordinate trade terms with China and other countries.
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During the China-US trade talks, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (center) met with US Trade Representative Lighthizer (left) and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin (right).
Dai Qi, 45, has spent most of his career in US government agencies. She was recognized for her role as a representative of the Democrats in the negotiation with the Trump administration on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that entered into force this year.
Although House Speaker Pelosi and Trump were incompatible on many issues, with the efforts of Dai Qi and others, the Trump administration’s desire to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) finally came true. . It meets the requirements of the Democratic Party, including having more stringent labor and environmental protection provisions.
Prior to 2014, Dai Qi served as Senior Business Application Consultant for China in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. During the period, the Obama administration filed a trade dispute lawsuit against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and she handled it alone.
A well-known example is in 2012, the United States filed a lawsuit with the WTO over China’s restrictions on rare earth exports. China’s rare earth production accounts for 90% of world production. The United States claims that China’s export restrictions violate WTO rules and China’s commitments when it joined the WTO. In 2014, the WTO found that China violated regulations.
During his tenure in the House of Representatives, he also promoted Democratic Party support for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which prohibits the importation of products produced through forced labor by Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
Chinese women
Dai Qi was born into a Chinese family in Connecticut, his parents are from Taiwan. Dai Qi is the first citizen of the family born in the United States. He grew up in Washington, DC.
He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School and, before entering college, attended Sidwell Friends School, a private school in Washington. This famous school has raised many children of famous Washington political figures, including Obama’s two daughters and Biden’s grandchildren.
She also came to live and work in Guangzhou, China, from 1996 to 1998. At that time, she was a Chinese scholar at Yale University and taught English at Sun Yat-Sen University.
If the appointment is approved, she will be the first Asian woman of color to serve as a U.S. Trade Representative.
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The outside world predicts that after Biden takes power, the United States may continue to take a tough stance on China in trade disputes.
Despite his Chinese origin, Dai Qi’s hard-line background in China meant that his appointment did not relieve Chinese think tanks.
According to the South China Morning Post, Shi Yinhong, a professor at the School of International Relations at Renmin University in China, sees Dai Qi’s nomination as a “negative sign” for US-China relations because she has experience in the handling trade disputes with China and may represent the Washington Conference. Continue with a tough stance on China.
“This may not be good news for China,” Shi Yinhong said. “It has nothing to do with his Chinese level or race. We also have to look at whether he has any real political influence over Biden.”
On the Internet in China, an article titled “Chinese Dai Qi-A more prominent and dangerous than Yu Maochun is here” has circulated widely recently. The article compares Dai Qi to Yu Maochun, China’s chief policy and planning adviser to US Secretary of State Pompeo, and believes that after Biden takes office, the US strategy toward China will be “more structured” than during the it was Trump.
Trade war trends
The US media reported that Democrats in Congress have been fighting for Dai Qi’s appointment, in part because they believe he will play a key role in ensuring implementation of the terms of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. In addition, it also has an advantage in dealing with China’s economic challenges.
Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown told the Wall Street Journal that Dai Qi is the “most qualified candidate” for the United States Trade Representative. Brown said: “She has the unique conditions to deal with China’s problems and she knows how to cooperate with our allies to make American interests a reality.”
The trade war between China and the United States that began in 2018 continues to this day. As the new corona epidemic, Hong Kong and Xinjiang troubles continued to bring the relationship between the two countries to the lowest point in more than 20 years, the merger of the economy and trade has become the few bridges subtleties between the two countries that still maintain communication.
Compared to Trump’s more nationalistic approach, Biden has declared that he will return to multilateralism.
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Compared to Trump’s more nationalistic approach, Biden has declared that he will return to multilateralism.
“(Dai Qi and Lighthizer) have a long history of responding to China’s unfair practices. This is the most pressing trade problem of our time,” said Clete Williams, a former chief trade negotiator at the White House. Willems told US media CNBC. “The most likely difference in Dai Qi’s approach is how it used the WTO system and its allies to pressure China to change its behavior.”
“As the former head of the China Trade Enforcement Department of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Dai Qi, while cooperating with countries such as the European Union and Japan, is also experienced in raising and winning joint WTO disputes with China, and it is likely to take a similar approach. ” Added.
Williams also pointed out that at the negotiating table with China, Dai Qi’s fluent Mandarin can bring advantages.
In August, Dai Qi called on China to adopt a different strategy than the tariff war launched by current trade representative Lighthizer. He claimed that Trump’s seemingly radical policy on China is “primarily defensive,” and his goal is to ensure that China abides by the rules and takes countermeasures if it doesn’t.
He said that good trade policy must also include “offensive” content, such as subsidies and incentives to help US industries shed their overdependence on China.
In a post-election media interview, Biden was asked about his views on the 25% tariff imposed by the United States on China during the Trump administration and said he did not want to “prejudge his election.” He said he hopes that after taking office, he will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the tiered agreements reached between the United States and China, and consult with United States allies in Europe and Asia.
