WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump's trade agenda has leveraged tariffs to open new market access for American producers and farmers and reverse decades-long tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports. In a recent hearing of the Ways and Means Committee with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Ambassador Greer noted that the trade deficit has fallen 24 percent since "Liberation Day" April 2025 as a result of President Trump's America First Trade Policy. Committee members emphasized the need for aggressive, swift, and consistent enforcement of the trade agreements negotiated by President Trump and stressed the need for reforms to ext...