Tai has made very few public appearances. Her confirmation hearings provided limited details into her thinking about how US trade policies might adjust to fit in this Administration. Vague answers make sense when trying for a smooth passage with Congress which makes it imperative to say nothing that might offend anyone. While resetting policy directions does take time, after several months on the job, at least broad outlines ought to be clearer, along with a sense of what is currently considered acceptable or intolerable about past practices. However, Tai is a master of speaking without revealing any worthwhile information at all. She deftly dodged every question posed to her during her conversations last week in the Financial Times’ Global Boardroom. Instead, she deflected pointed questions and responded mostly with “motherhood and apple pie” sorts of statements. The net result is it still remains unclear what a worker centered trade policy actually looks like. Beyond repeatedly stating that the Administration’s “North Star” remains creating a trade policy that delivers value to workers, there were no details on what that means in practice. She said that the whole of government would be laser focused on following this objective. It’s awfully difficult to have the government machinery start focusing on a particular “Star” without any guidance on what might be meant by the term, what might be problematic from past efforts, and what outcomes should be encouraged going forward. Unless Tai is much more voluble in conversations with the whole of government engaged—to one extent or another—in designing and executing US trade policy, it is highly likely that most officials are uncertain or confused about the path forward.