Trade Representative

Don’t Judge a Trade Agreement Before it is Negotiated

Bill HoranJuly 17, 2014

The Japanese call their country the “Land of the Rising Sun.” Unfortunately, there are some people in the United States today who want the sun to set on trade t...

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Another Push for the Doha Round of Trade Policy Talks

Ross KorvesMay 15, 2014

The WTO Trade Ministers meeting in Bali, Indonesia last December directed the WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo to prepare by this coming December a clearly ...

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The Department of Commerce Takes AD and CVD Case on Mexican Sugar

Ross KorvesApril 24, 2014

On April 18 the U.S. Department of Commerce opened an investigation into allegations by U.S. sugar producers that Mexican producers benefited from government su...

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China’s WTO Agricultural Commitments and ‘Transparency’

Ross KorvesJanuary 9, 2014

The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) has issued 12 annual reports as required by the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 on China’s compliance with its WT...

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Don’t Mess With the Single-Focused USTR

Dean KlecknerJanuary 26, 2012

I have a message for President Obama: Don’t mess with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Earlier this month, the President spoke of the need to imp...

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President Obama’s Trade Policy Agenda

Ross KorvesMarch 10, 2011

On March 1st President Obama released his annual report to Congress on the President’s Trade Policy Agenda for the current year and the U.S. Trade Agre...

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USTR Report on China’s WTO Compliance Highlights Uncertainties

Ross KorvesDecember 30, 2009

The U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office recently released the 2009 USTR Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance, the eighth report requir...

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Capt. Kirkâ€™s Enterprise

July 17, 2009

Investor's Business Daily Issues & Insights Section July 17, 2009www.investors.com Leadership: U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk pulled off quite a fe...

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Captain Kirk

Dean KlecknerJanuary 9, 2009

The popular TV series Star Trek began each episode with a famous line about the starship Enterprise, spoken by the actor William Shatner: “Its five-year m...

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The World Bank View on Trade and Agricultural Development

Ross KorvesOctober 26, 2007

The World Bank’s World Development Report 2008 addresses Agriculture for Development. This is the 30th yearly report on development and the first one on agricu...

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Trade

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy

Technology

Live Video: The Future of Farming – October 14; 11:00 AM CST

Be Neat, Eat Meat without Guilt

Uncovering the Food-based Version of “Stolen Valor”