CNBC Quotes Clete Willems on China Tariffs

Akin Gump public law and policy partner Clete Willems was quoted by CNBC for its article “Biden administration faces midnight court deadline to defend $350 billion of Trump’s China tariffs.” The article discusses how and why the Biden-Harris administration would need to decide whether to defend against Trump-era suits by companies that argued that the implementation of a third and fourth tranche of tariffs levied on China’s goods was overly broad and hastily done.

Willems, who served in the Trump White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics during implementation of the tariffs, said, “Modest tariff relief is still likely. But the administration may want some distance from the [Chinese President] Xi call and [House Speaker] Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan for domestic and international political reasons.”