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Catherine Tai (47, photo), who is classified as a “great Chinese hawk,” was approved by Congress for an unusual “unanimous agreement” by the nominee of the US Trade Representative (USTR).
Foreign media such as Reuters reported that the US Senate passed the approval bill for the Thai nominee on the 17th (local time) with 98 votes in favor and 0 votes against. Accordingly, the Thai nominee will lead the USTR as the first female head of color and the first Asian American representative. Reuters said the Thai nominee was supported by the mass hawks of both Democrats and Republicans. The Washington Post (WP) reported on this day as “a rare bipartisan agreement in the severely divided Washington government.”
The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, and graduated from Yale University and Harvard University Law School, Nominee Tai is one of the leading Chinese lawyers at the USTR, and has spoken out loud in public. The Thai nominee had at the time dealt with a dispute over China’s rare earth export control and mobilized other countries to respond hard to China. The Thai nominee’s colleague, Benjamin Costze, and his attorney described him as “a steel fist in a velvet glove.”
Local media predicts that based on the history of the Thai nominee, he will use a hard-line policy against China in the trade sector and carry out the Jo Biden administration’s public state stance. In fact, Thai nominee said at the Senate Financial Committee approval hearing on the 25th of last month that “China is a rival, trading partner, and a very large player to cooperate to solve certain global challenges.”
/ Reporter Yang-jun Cho [email protected]
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