NEW YORK -- In choosing Katherine Tai, a Mandarin-speaker with years of China experience, as the next top U.S. trade official, President-elect Joe Biden is sending an unmistakable message about his priorities in trade in the post-Trump era.
In its Thursday announcement of Tai as its pick for U.S. Trade Representative, Biden's transition team highlighted Tai's past work in USTR as chief counsel for China trade enforcement and her experience litigating American disputes against Beijing at the World Trade Organization.
