No Agreement Yet on Trade Promotion Authority, Says Wyden Spokesman
The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees have not yet reached an agreement on Trade Promotion Authority "or other aspects of the legislative trade agenda more broadly," said a spokesman for Finance ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on…
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Feb. 20, in response to Finance Committee announcement on an upcoming trade hearing. Senate Finance Committee majority staff, led by Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, scheduled a Feb. 28 hearing on U.S. tariff policy (here). The committee hasn’t yet announced the witnesses. Wyden immediately rejected the hearing, saying its “premature.” “Sen. Wyden is continuing to fight for more transparency, more oversight and provisions to ensure American workers come first in our trade policy,” said Wyden's spokesman.