Ron Kirk: “Let me state unequivocally that the deal on the table is insufficient and unbalanced from the perspective of Congress.”

Our ambition, at least among the nine countries that initially decided to go down this road together, was let us not wait on what is going to happen in Doha or APEC; let us try and develop a new trade model for the twenty-first century…

I think if there is any area that the administration has distinguished ourselves in, it is at our very strong elevation of trade enforcement to the same level that we have for opening up new markets.

the President set a goal for us to double America's exports over the next five years with the inherent understanding that it could create up to two million additional jobs in the United States.

Again, the first step would be for us to recognize that our granting Russia permanent normal trade status is decidedly in our interest.