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The vote was 82-13.
Government officials on Thursday heard a range of voices during a hearing called to inform a Commerce Department-led review of bilateral trade deficits, with the services sector and economists blasting the study as too narrow in scope while industry groups argued that deficits are threats that should be urgently addressed.
Champagne “will also meet with key business and political leaders.”
“To the extent that we have issues to address like trade imbalances, we want to hear ASEAN views on how to improve this so that all can benefit.”
“We will mandate the U.S. government enhance our trade facilitation efforts and opportunities for U.S. businesses to find new markets in the Asia-Pacific.”
“The Department of State is ready to help ... facilitate trade and investment.”
The lawmakesr want to ensure NGO, cybersecurity and counterterrorism issues that may affect trade are addressed by Trump, Xi.
Keystone XL pipeline gets the green light to begin construction.
The congressman decries a proposal to kill the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, says “strategic” spending overseas can “open up new markets.”
“The focus of administration complaints should be on China, not on other nations such as Mexico, Germany and others.”
Carol Perez has been the top U.S. diplomat in the country since September 2016.
The company had pledged it would continue with its legal challenge despite the Trump administration's reversal of U.S. policy.
The secretary of State heads south on Thursday.
Ted Malloch, reportedly a frontrunner to be named as the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, said he does not believe there will be any new trade initiatives between the U.S. and EU during the Trump administration, but that the administration could complete a deal with the United Kingdom in less than a year once such talks are launched.
Former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said she finds the creation of the White House National Trade Council "rather unsettling" and that she would urge the incoming administration to put the brakes on a plan that results in offices with duplicate responsibilities that could hinder the coordination of trade policy.
Steven Ciobo reiterates his country's position that the U.S. needs more time to assess the deal.
The secretary of State nominee questions “whether the agreement that was negotiated serves all of America's interests best.”
Analysts say President-elect Trump's creation of a National Trade Council could be a way to forge consensus -- or tension -- among varying government agencies and viewpoints, while ensuring that trade policy making is centered in the White House.
“The one thing all of our partners around the globe will look at is does this person have the president's confidence?”