Ways and Means to Hold Feb 9 Hearing on President's Trade Agenda
The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on the status of the President’s trade policy agenda on February 9, 2011. The sole witness at this hearing will be U.S. Trade Representative Kirk.
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Hearing to Focus on Pending FTAs, China, Trade Expansion, Etc.
The hearing will focus on current trade issues such as:
- the pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea;
- addressing 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;
- the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations;
- 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; and
- management of trade disputes and concerns and other trade issues.
Plans and timetable for consideration of FTAs. According to Committee Chairman Camp (R), the hearing will provide an opportunity to address the resolution of the outstanding auto issues in the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) and to discuss plans and timetable for consideration of the Korea, Colombia, and Panama FTAs.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 01/26/11 news, 11012633, for BP summary of the House Ways and Means Committee’s January 25, 2011 hearing on the pending FTAs.)
China’s restrictive trade practices, non-tariff barriers. The hearing will also provide an opportunity for the Administration to explain its response to China’s trade restrictive practices and non-tariff barriers that prevent U.S. companies from competing on a level playing field.
Progress of NEI, TPP and Doha Negotiations, and Russia’s WTO accession. The hearing will further provide an opportunity to monitor progress in areas such as the National Export Initiative (NEI), the TPP negotiations, the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and WTO accessions, as well as other efforts to open new markets to U.S. agriculture, goods, and services and address bilateral and multilateral trade disputes and concerns.
House Ways and Means Hearing Advisory available here.