Ron Kirk: “if we don't repeal Jackson-Vanik and extend PNTR, we have none of those protections.”

the most important distinction between this and China, Senator, is that, in the case of Russia, we insisted that they put in place their laws to implement the WTO rules before we would allow them to accede to the WTO.

We must push China on every front, and the Administration must ensure that China's commitments are fully implemented.

I think the President has said--is correct; the best way to address this is part of comprehensive immigration reform.

Yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk delivered a message outlining the beginning of a new enforcement approach as part of our overall trade agenda, and I believe there is a strong difference between trade enforcement, strong trade…