Trade chiefs from some of the world¡¯s biggest economies will compete for access to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as they seek to advance negotiations with Washington when they gather this week for a conference in South Korea.
Greer travels to the resort island of Jeju to join his counterparts at the meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members on Thursday and Friday, less than a week after he helped the U.S. and China agree on a temporary cut in tariffs.
Representatives from member states will likely swap views on how to operate in a global trade environment shaken up by U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s barrage of tariffs. Many of them will also seek talks with Greer to try to blunt the impact of Trump¡¯s trade policies with those bilateral meetings contrasting with APEC¡¯s longstanding objectives of furthering free trade through multilateral cooperation.
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