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House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on President Obama's Trade Policy Agenda

February 3, 2011


House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp recently announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing regarding the status of President Obama’s trade policy agenda on February 9, 2011. The hearing will take place at 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk is currently the only witness scheduled to testify at the hearing.

The hearing will focus on five main trade issues:

  1. The pending trade agreements with Columbia, Panama, and South Korea
  2. The full range of issues impeding American companies from selling U.S. goods and services in China and distorting trade flows through unfair trade practices
  3. The ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
  4. The prospect for trade expansion in agriculture, industrial goods and services through the Doha Round negotiations at the WTO and the issues surrounding Russia’s efforts to accede to the WTO
  5. The management of trade disputes and concerns, and other trade issues

Any person or organization wishing to submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the hearing’s printed record must do so by the close of business on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

For assistance submitting a written statement, contact a Barnes Richardson attorney.