Kelly Ann Shaw Talks Trade Policy with CNBC Europe, Bloomberg and BBC

June 6, 2025

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Akin lobbying & public policy partner and former senior Trump administration trade official Kelly Ann Shaw provides insight into the current trade policy and tariff landscape as trade deals and negotiation with the U.S. continue.

“The President is turning up the heat to try to get the EU to come to the table,” Kelly Ann tells Bloomberg. “Countries like India, Japan, South Korea will be first, before we see anything with the EU.”

Speaking with CNBC ‘Squawk Box Europe,’ Kelly Ann highlights that President Trump is “negotiating simultaneously with every single country on earth” and has “taken a massive swing at the global trading system...you have a team of negotiators on all sides trying to work it out.”

“Whilst uncertainty is difficult for businesses to navigate, it does create an advantageous environment for negotiations,” Kelly Ann tells BBC.

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