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G20 trade ministers failed to reach an agreement Thursday to curb the flooding of markets with overproduced, underpriced goods, a practice the Trump administration says undercuts American manufacturers.
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administration → fail → manufacturers
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, emerging from the gathering, said talks were constructive despite not reaching consensus on the issue, which is known as “excess capacity.”
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which → emerge → capacity
“Nearly all countries agreed that this is an issue that required action.
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that → agree → action
And nearly all countries agreed that our current system of trade remedies and responses is inadequate to solve this problem,” Greer said.
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Greer → agree → problem
The White House has accused trading partners of producing a gamut of goods in quantities surpassing demand, claiming it sends prices downward and unfairly skews competition.
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it → accuse → competition
The Trump administration views China as the leading offender, but has opened investigations into countries from Norway to Bangladesh.
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administration → view → Bangladesh
Besides Chinese-made steel, the administration has claimed industries including autos, batteries, paper and semiconductors have been plagued by overproduction, causing the U.S. to lose ground to competitors.
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U.S. → make → competitors
The gathering in Milwaukee of representatives from the G20, which includes both the biggest industrialized countries and some emerging markets, bore no signs of a breakthrough on the biggest trade dispute of the moment, between the U.S. and Canada.
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which → include → U.S.
Animosity between the two countries have been growing since the summer, when President Donald Trump slapped 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, leading Canada to promptly counterpunch with tariffs of its own.
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Trump → grow → own
It further devolved this week, with Trump banning nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
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Trump → devolve → beverages
“The reality is there are a handful of outstanding issues that are quite difficult to resolve,” Greer said Thursday.
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Greer → be → issues
No country buys more from the United States than its northern neighbor, an ally long considered so close that the countries share an unprotected border.
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countries → buy → border
Canadian trade minister Maninder Sidhu, pleaded for cooperation, saying: “You’re facing some of the same challenges that we’re facing.
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we → plead → that
Let’s help each other and let’s work through something."
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’s → let → something
In other discussions at the meeting, trade leaders also failed to reach a deal on forced labor, an issue the Trump administration has used as a justification for double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries.
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administration → fail → countries
The breadth of the levies, which cover 99% of U.S. imports, suggests another motivation: replacing worldwide tariffs that Trump imposed last year only to see them struck down by the Supreme Court in February.
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them → cover → February
“Believe it or not, we have countries in the G20 that do not want to commit to having a prohibition on the import of goods made with forced labor,” Greer said.
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Greer → believe → labor
“At the end of the day, we all know forced labor is wrong, and it will distort our markets, and we won’t have it."
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we → know → it
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Sedensky reported from New York.
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