Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Advancing America’s Interests at the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference

Ways and Means: House Committee · March 18, 2026

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Opening: Subcommittee chair frames hearing and MC14 priorities

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15:39 → 19:27(3m 48s)

Subcommittee Chair (referred to in the record as Chairman Warren) opened the hearing, urged strong U.S. leadership at the WTO's upcoming MC14, and said the administrations priorities include rebalancing trade, increasing market access, removing unfair tariffs and non-tariff barriers, and securing a permanent moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions (the e-commerce moratorium). He also called for concrete reform proposals rather than vague scoping exercises.

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A House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing reviewed U.S. priorities for the World Trade Organizations upcoming 14th ministerial (MC14), focusing on a permanent e-commerce moratorium, WTO reform (dispute settlement and consensus rules), digital trade rules, and agricultural trade concerns, especially rice and public stockholding policies. Witnesses included trade experts from private practice, think tanks, and agriculture trade groups.

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