Ryan Calls TPA 'Top Priority' in Hearing with Treasury Secretary
House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., again pointed to trade as a policy area where the Republican-led Congress aims to collaborate with the Obama administration during opening remarks at committee hearing on Feb 3 with Treasury Secretary Jack…
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Lew. "My top priority is putting in place Trade Promotion Authority," said Ryan (here). "To get the best trade deals possible, we have to be in the best position possible, and that’s what TPA will do." Many Democrats on Capitol Hill continue to push Republican lawmakers and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to tackle currency manipulation in U.S. trade policy, but USTR Michael Froman has repeatedly deferred to Lew and the Treasury Department on that subject.