Senate Finance Considers Trade Nominees, Urge More Trade Action
On September 12, 2011, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider several trade-related nominations including: Michael Punke as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Islam Siddiqui as Chief Agricultural Negotiator at USTR; Paul Piquado as Assistant Secretary of Commerce; and…
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David Johanson as a member of the International Trade Commission. During the hearing, Committee Chair Baucus (D-MT) urged confirmation of all the nominees and Ranking Member Hatch (R-UT) stated that there are a number of trade problems that need to be addressed, including the near collapse of the WTO Doha Round, Chinese growth policies, and U.S. inaction on free trade agreements. Punke's statement on the need for WTO rules to have teeth and Doha to be reassessed is available here. Siddiqui statement on increased market access for U.S. agriculture is available here.