Political Quotes

“we are on the eve of the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, and it is critical that the U.S. maintain its upper hand in pursuing its goals of a successful Doha Round and also exercising leadership in the global trading system. I recently led a bipartisan group of my colleagues to Brazil to participate in a study trip to help strengthen the bilateral relationship between our two countries. During our time there, we met with top Brazilian negotiators to discuss key trade issues that we expect will be addressed next week in Hong Kong. At our meetings, my colleagues and I drove one critical message, and that is our government's unwavering commitment to the utilization and protection of our trade remedy laws. There is no doubt the U.S. employers rely on these laws which serve as a fundamental line of defense, an opportunity to police our markets against unfair trade and to preserve domestic industries that otherwise would be at risk. There is no question that it is the responsibility of Congress and the administration to ensure that our firms have the proper tools to fight illegally traded goods and services. While we are committed to opening our markets, and have done so historically, reducing trade-distorting subsidies and eliminating non- tariff barriers to trade, we are not willing to give up appropriate tools that we have to police our market for illegally traded imports. To reinforce this, I introduced a resolution, H. Res.…”