Saving Doha
Just as South African politician and human-rights leader Nelson Mandela passed away last week, global trade diplomats finished talks in Bali that could pump $1 ...
Dean Kleckner
Now is the Time for an EU-US Free Trade Agreement
Corn flakes are one of the most popular breakfast foods in the worldand 15 fa anys, Norway banned them.
Technically, its government outlawed the importati...
Azevedo Goes to Geneva
With the election of Brazils Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, its time to hope for a Nixon goes to China moment...
USTR Nominee Froman is a Good Sign for a Robust US Trade Agenda
When President Obama nominated Michael Froman as U.S. Trade Representative last week, he cracked a joke about an old friend.
We went to law school together,...
Lugar: A Natural Option for US Trade Representative
The Obama administrations second-term shakeup will include a new top trade diplomat as the current U.S. Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, is eyeing the exit door...
No TPA Means No TPP
President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney disagree over budgets, health care, and what to do about unrest in the Middle East. When they meet for the...
Lets Expand The Trans Pacific Partnership
People say a picture is worth a thousand words. A photo released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last week is worth at least two.
Uh oh.
Ell...
Sr.. President: Its Time to Ask For (and Receive) Trade Promotion Authority
In its just-released 2012 Trade Policy Agenda, the Obama administration took credit for recent accomplishments, such as completing a free-trade agreement with S...
Take the President's China Trade Enforcement Unit Back to the Drawing Board
I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products, said President Obama last week, in his State of the Union address.
He also indic...
Dont Mess With the Single-Focused USTR
I have a message for President Obama: Dont mess with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Earlier this month, the President spoke of the need to imp...
Dean Kleckner
(1932-2015) granger, President emèrit, Rudd, Iowa, EUA