Obama to Host Italian President for TTIP Talks Next Week
President Barack Obama will discuss issues related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with Italian President Sergio Mattarella during his visit to the White House Feb. 6-13, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Jan. 29 (here). This week,…
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U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is in Beijing for bilateral meetings until Feb. 2, before traveling to Auckland, New Zealand for the Trans-Pacific Partnership signing and further bilateral meetings. On Feb. 1, deputy U.S. trade representative Robert Holleyman will meet with the National Association of Manufacturers International Trade Committee in Washington; and Darci Vetter, chief agriculture negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, will speak to the National Barley Growers Association, according to USTR’s weekly schedule (here). Both of those events are closed to press. From Feb. 1 to 5, Assistant USTR for Africa Florie Liser and Assistant USTR for Agricultural Affairs Sharon Lauritsen will travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa for bilateral meetings. Then, on Feb. 2, deputy U.S. trade representative Michael Punke will travel to Paris for a TTIP panel discussion as part of a hearing conducted by the French prime minister’s office, before traveling with Vetter on Feb. 4 to Brussels for further TTIP dialogue.