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05 March 2010

Obama to push next week for doubling U.S. exports

Obama to push next week for doubling U.S. exports | Read more

04 March 2010

Kirk gets pressure on trade deals

While saying organized labor will not wield veto power over pending George W. Bush-era free-trade agreements, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk would hold out only a heavily conditional hope that Congress might consider the trade pacts by the end of the year. | Read more

02 March 2010

Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Zealand submission to the US International Trade Commission

Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Zealand Submission to the US International Trade Commission. Presented by Mr Roy Ferguson, New Zealand Ambassador to the United States | Read more

01 March 2010

Kirk Comments on 2010 Trade Policy Agenda.

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk issued a statement today upon the delivery to Congress of President Obama's 2010 Trade Policy Agenda and 2009 Annual Report. | Read more

24 February 2010

President Obama addresses Business Roundtable, talks about importance of exports

President Obama spoke to the Business Roundtable today about the importance of exporting more of our goods overseas and opening new markets. | Read more

28 January 2010

U.S. trade priorities in the Asia-Pacific: TPP and beyond

Remarks by Ambassador Demetrios Marantis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies | Read more

15 December 2009

U.S. Wants Japan, Malaysia, South Korea to join talks

The U.S. wants Japan, Malaysia and South Korea to join negotiations for a regional free-trade agreement in Asia, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said. | Read more

15 December 2009

Asia Pacific talks no threat to Doha: USTR Kirk

U.S. plans to negotiate a free trade pact in the Asia Pacific region pose no threat to the successful conclusion of longrunning world trade talks, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. | Read more

14 December 2009

USTR notifies Congress on Asia-Pacific trade talks

U.S. trade officials formally notified Congress Monday of President Barack Obama's intention to negotiate a regional free trade deal with Vietnam, New Zealand and five other countries in the Asia Pacific area. | Read more

15 November 2009

USTR NEWS: Kirk comments on Trans-Pacific Partnership

In an address to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit this morning in Singapore, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk commented on President Barack Obama's announcement that the United States will engage with the Trans-Pacific Partnership | Read more

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