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NEWS ABOUT: US Trade Representative

US Trade Representative stories: 5 news summaries

Senate OKs
Ron Kirk as
Trade Rep

Former Dallas mayor vows to enforce US export deals

Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate today confirmed, in a 92-5 vote, former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as US trade representative, the Dallas Morning News reports. With global trade declining for the first time in 27 years, Kirk has vowed to make countries fulfill their trade promises to the US. Kirk paid the IRS... More »

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international trade • Dallas • Senate confirmation hearings • US Trade Representative • President Obama • Ron Kirk

New White House Tougher
on Trading Partners 

Trade nominee vows renegotiated pacts, tougher enforcement

Mar 10, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is taking a harder line with trading partners, reworking policy to  emphasize priorities from unemployment at home to climate change, the Washington Post reports. The White House will seek to renegotiate trade deals with South Korea and Colombia and will demand broad concessions from other countries at... More »

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Barack Obama • trade • free trade • protectionism • US Trade Representative • Obama administration • Ron Kirk

(Newser) - Ron Kirk, President Obama’s nominee for US trade representative, has some tax problems of his own, Reuters reports today, with the Senate Finance Committee estimating a liability of about $10,000; Kirk has already moved to correct the errors. The majority stem from speaking funds he passed directly to... More »

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IRS • Senate Finance Committee • US Trade Representative • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ron Kirk • back taxes

Ex-Dallas Mayor Kirk Will Be Obama's Trade Rep

Free-trade Democrat among few Southerners tabbed for cabinet

Dec 18, 08 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will announce former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as his nominee for trade representative tomorrow, the Dallas Morning News reports. Kirk, who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2002, is pro-trade and a staunch supporter of NAFTA. Kirk campaigned extensively for Obama, and is one of the few Southern faces... More »

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Barack Obama • Texas • Dallas • mayor • NAFTA • free trade • US Trade Representative • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ron Kirk

US Scores With Only $21M in WTO Sanctions

Antigua sought $3.4B for online betting ban; US talks revising treaty

Dec 21, 07 4:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The WTO ruled today Antigua could impose $21 million in trade sanctions on the US because of an online betting ban, a significant loss for the Caribbean island that had sought $3.4 billion. The trade organization recognized the American authority to police public morals but said Washington could not... More »

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copyright law • WTO • Antigua • US Trade Representative • online betting

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