Biden's Asia policyEx-US trade chiefs pin high TPP hopes on Katherine Tai
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Katherine Tai, the incoming administration's choice for U.S. trade representative, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 11 as President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listen. © AP
ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer
December 18, 2020 09:05 JST
NEW YORK -- Former U.S. trade representatives expressed hopes Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden's choice for the job will steer a swift return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership as Washington loses ground to a stronger China on setting the rules of the road for trade.