Froman to Address TTIP Concerns in Rome, USTR Officials Dispatched on Other Fronts
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will meet with Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, the Office of the USTR said in its weekly schedule update (here). The agency did not specific the details of the summit. Froman will then from Oct. 14-15 travel to Rome, Italy to participate in a slate of diplomatic and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership events and negotiations. His agenda includes meetings with U.S. envoys, as well as a number of talks with European officials and civil society representatives.
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Newly-minted Deputy USTR Robert Holleyman will also travel to Beijing, China from Oct. 14-16 to negotiate trade and investment issues and prepare for the annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, which is scheduled to be held in December. Assistant USTR for South and Central Asia Mike Delaney will meet with Sri Lankan officials, as well, on Oct. 15 to discuss a bilateral trade and investment framework, and later will deliver a speech on the agreement in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital. And to wrap up the week, Deputy Assistant USTR Carlos Romero will participate in negotiations and an event on labor in the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.