Ron Kirk: “I respectfully ask this committee to move forward quickly with legislation to terminate Jackson-Vanik and empower the…”

I do believe the most responsible action we can take now with Russia's certainty of becoming a WTO Member is to move forward and repeal Jackson-Vanik.

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…

The Obama administration is committed to strengthening American agricultural exports and supporting the good jobs that come with them.

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.